242 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



with tlic posterior tarsi, reaching to just before the base 

 of the 1st joint in the hind tarsus. The hind tarsi from 

 tlie tibiae to the 2nd joint are connivent, and from the 

 8rd joint onwards parallel and contiguous with each other, 

 are applied to the venter and reach to just beyond the 

 apex of the 2n(l ventral segment, the antennae are some- 

 times porrcct, and subiDaraliel, but if the insect be slightly 

 disturbed they become divergent. A specimen found 

 asleep on a grass-stem on the 25th which was plucked 

 and carried back to the hou.se by hand, kept its place for 

 thirty hours in an ill-lighted bedroom, when a strong 

 daylight being admitted, it Hew away." (A. E. E.) 



CcELIOXYS BREVIS, P]v. 



$ 1. Medea, slopes of the Nador, alt. about 3,670 feet, 



on En/nffiun triquetri' )n , 2, vii, 93. (A. E. E.) 

 ^ 2, $ 5. Biskra', 14, v to 12, vi, 98. {F. D. M.) 

 $1,^2. „ 18 to 24, V, 97. {A. E. E.) 



$ 1. 



^. Eisli-ra. " Near the French cemetery, about G p.m., 

 holding on with legs and mandibles to a twig ; the tail 

 curved upwards, and the wings so close down to the body 

 as not to be easily distinguished, causing one to doubt if 

 the insect were a bee or a beetle until examined with 

 a lens. 22, v, 94. (A. E. E.) 



CfELIOXYS DECIPIENS, Spin. 



^ 1, $ 1. Biskra, <J, on Ai'i'act//li.<i Hcrratuloide^, 11 and 19, 



V, 97. {A. E. E.) 

 $1. „ 4, V, 98. {F. 1). M.) 



CUALICODOMA SIC'ULA, Rossi. 



^ ^. Numerous specimens from various localities visiting 



Echium, Hedysar^im carnosvm, Lavendula stoechas, 



Linaria reticulata, and Antirrhinum ramosissi- 



mnm, 26, ii to 22, vi. {A. E. E.) 



(Br. Longstaff took it in February and March 1905, on 



lictai/ia retain, near Biskra, and on Guyotville sandhills.) 



Chalicodoma muraria, L. 



$ 5. Biskra and Constantine, visiting Eriochilon finiti- 

 cosum, Desf., and Ononis anr/ustissima, Lk., in 

 March, Alkanna iinetoria in May, {A. E. E.) 



