100 Bulletin de la Société Entomologiqiie dEgijpte 



List of the Hymenoptera Tubulifera ànd Aculeata 



in the Collection of the 



Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt 



bv G. Stohky. B.A., F.E.S. 



It is recognised IJial the lollowing list of p]gyptian 

 Hymenoptera is very incomplete. Large numbers of spe- 

 cies taken l)y other collectors are not represented in 

 the Ministry's collection ; many species are still nniden- 

 tiiied ; and some are awaiting description. It was 

 thought, however, tiial such a list would serve two use- 

 ful j)ur{)oses, lirstly by acting as a starting j)oint for 

 future lists in an order which has hitherto ivceived 

 little attention from local entomologists compared with 

 that bestowed on the Coleoptera and Lepido})tera, and 

 secondly by acting as a guide to those collectors who are 

 willing to cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture in 

 the formation of a National (collection. In this latter 

 connection Dr. (lOugh has for a long time been trying 

 to make collectors realise that the collection of the Ministry 

 of Agriculture is not a private but a public one and that 

 we are not only pleased to receive contributions but 

 are also glad to make exchanges and to give all the help 

 we can. For the convenience of those who are willing to 

 make exchanges an asterisk has been put against the 

 names of all species of which we are willing to exchange 

 specimens for species not included in the list. 



