180 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



ahsoluta were found by Mr. Eaton, at Medea on Eryngium 

 triqudruvi and two at Constantine on Eryngium triqud- 

 rum and Thaiisia garganica ; also among his specimens 

 are four females with broad red mesonotal stripes and two 

 males with the propodeum posteriorly red ; of these the 

 two males and two of the females were taken at Hippune, 

 the other two females at Biskra. In these highly-coloured 

 females the central polished line of the posterior face of 

 the propodeum is more or less red, but the colour does not 

 spread over the rest of the surface as in the males. 



PrOSOPIS QUARTINiE, Grib, 



^ 5, $ 1. Biskra, near railway, Kilom. 199, at Zizi/phus 

 lotus, 30, iv to 3, V, 95. (A. E. E.) 



^ 9. „ on Devcrra cJdorantha, 10, 11 and 13, 



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



$ 1. „ on Amvii, 21, v, 97. {A. E. E.) 



^ 2, $ 8. „ 20, V to 3, vi, 98. {F. B. 31.) 



Pkosopis picta, Smith. 



^ 4, $ 3. Bone, on Eulns discolor, 11-13, viii, 97. 

 {A. E. E.) 



Prosopis gazagnieri, Vach. 



$. Biskra, ridge of hills and its spurs north-east of 

 Hamman es Salahin, visiting Ferula ves- 

 ceritcnsis, 5, iv, 95. {A. E. E.) 



$. „ visiting Antirrhinum onmosissimmn, 21, iii, 



97. {A. E. E.) 



$ $. Algiers, 11 and 28, iv, 98. {F. D. M.) 



„ var. nigra, $ 10, ? 9, 31, iii to 27, iv, 98. 

 {F. D. M.) 



Prosopis purpurissata, Vach. 



$. Azazga, 1,900 feet, on Eryngium triqudrum, 12, ix, 



93. {A. E. E.) 

 ^. „ Foret de Yakouren, on Eryngium, triqudrum, 



19, ix, 93. {A. E. E.) 

 $. Bone, 28, iv, 96. 

 ^. „ on Mentha rotundifolia, 6, viii, 96. 



{A. E. E.) 

 ^ 2, ^ 2. Bone, on Euhus discolor, 11 and 12, viii, 97. 

 (A. E. E.) 



