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with the posterior tarsi, reaching to just before the base 

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

 the tibise to the 2nd joint are connivent, and from the 

 3rd joint onwards parallel and contiguous with each other, 

 are applied to the venter and reach to just beyond the 

 apex of the 2nd ventral segment, the antennse are some- 

 times porrect, and subparallel, 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 house by hand, kept its place for 

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

 dayhght being admitted, it flew away." (^A. E. E.) 



CCELIOXYS BREVIS, Ev. 



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



on Eryngiun triqudrmn, 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. 



^. Biskra. " 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) 



CCELIOXYS DECIPIENS, Spin. 



^ 1, $ 1. Biskra, ^, on Atraeti/lift serrattiJoifleft, 11 and 19, 



V, 97. (i. E. E.) 

 ? 1. „ 4, V, 98. {F. D. M.) 



Chalicodoma sicula, Rossi, 



$ ^. Numerous specimens from various localities visiting 

 EcJiium, Hedysarum carnositm, Lavend^da stcechas, 

 Linaria reticulata, and Antirrhinum ramosissi- 

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



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

 Retama retain, near Biskra, and on Guyotville sandhills.) 



Chalicodoma muraria, L. 



^ 5. Biskra and Constantine, visiting EriochUon fruti- 

 cosum, Desf, and Ononis anrjustissima, Lk., in 

 March, Alkanna tinetoria in May, (A. E. E.) 



