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baeus, Onitis, Oniticellns, Gymnopleurus, Glaphyrus, Amphicoma, Cetonia, 

 Hoplia, Hybosorus, &c), Meloidte (Mylabris, CEnas, Lydus), GEdemer- 

 idx (Probosca, Chitona, CEdemeraJ, Cistelidze (Omophlus), Glythrides ; 

 Chrysomelidse (Timarclia), Malachiidse, Dasytidae, DermesUdae (Alta- 

 genus, Anthrenus), &c. Amongst the Hemiptera-Heteroptera many 

 Pentatomidse, Goreidm, Lygasidx, Reduviidse, and Gapsidse were 

 captured, such genera as Emblethis occurring on sandy ground every- 

 where. Of Lepidopiera very few came in our way, except some small 

 Geometridte, Crambidse, and Pyralidse at light, at Tozeur and Gafsa, 

 and probably not a dozen species of Rhopalocera were seen during the 

 whole time, and those mostly common " Britishers," the only one 

 particularly attracting our attention, at Sbeitla, being Evchloe char- 

 Ionia. The Hymenoptera and Orthoptera, numerous enough in places, 

 the particular quest of one or the other of my companions, must be 

 left for them to report upon. Odohata were seen in numbers along 

 the irrigation channels in the palm-oases, some of them belonging 

 to the genus Orthetrum, and one pallid form occasionally on the 

 desert, an OnychogompJms. Amongst the large number of CoJeoptera 

 and Hemiptera taken, certainly not less than 300 species in all, the 

 following are a few of the more interesting forms, so far as at present 

 mounted and identified, taking the localities in the order given above : 

 Tunis. — On the sandy sea-coast of Marsa, the usual littoral 

 beetles, such as Eurynebria complanata, L., Pimelia grossa, F., one or 

 more species of Tentyria. Erodius, Scarites, Plialeria and Brachycerus, 

 Adimonia barbara, Er. (?), in profusion (many of the specimens being 

 ' cripples'), Masoreus, &c. About the ruins of Carthage, numerous small 

 Mediterranean forms, divers Scaurus, Asida and Pimelia, Rhagonycha 

 barbara, F. (in profusion, nearly all females), &c, but nothing of par- 

 ticular interest was noted. In the Belvedere Park and Jardin d'Essai an 

 AJcis was common along the roads and paths ; and on the flowers and by 

 sweeping, an Amphicoma, Mycterus pidverulentus, Kust., CEdemera bas- 

 alis, Kust.., and CE. barbara, F., &c. At Hammam Lif , an enormous red 

 and black Mylabris was seen about the vineyards (looking very con- 

 spicuous when on the wing in the hot sun), and on the dry bush-clad 

 slopes above these places we met with various interesting Clythrids, 

 Cryptocephali, Anthaxia, Acmxodera, and Coroehis, Probosca viridana, 

 Schmidt, &c. In places near the railway station Labidostomis taxi- 

 cornis, F., was to be seen in profusion on low plants. 



(To be continued). 



