MR. e. v. A. PEKL AND OTHERS OK [JaD. 23, 



On a Collection of Insects and Arachnids made in 1895 

 and 1897, by Mr. C. V. A. Peel, Y.Z.S., in Somaliland, 

 with Descriptions of new Species. By C. V. A. Peel, 

 F.Z.S., E. E. Austen, F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., 

 Herbert Druce, F.L.S., F.Z.S., C. J. Gahan, M.A., 

 Gilbert J. Arrow, R. McLachlan, F.R.S., Malcolm 

 Burr, F.Z.S., and R. I. Pocock. 



(Plates I.-IV.) 



Contents. 



Page 



1. Narrative of the Expeditions. By C. V. A. Peel, F.Z.S 4 



2. Diptera. By E. E. Austen 7 



.3. Lepidoptera'Rhopalocera. By F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D 10 



4. Lepidoptera Heterocera. By Herbert Druce, F.Z.S., F.D.S. 17 



.">. Coleoptera. By C. J. Gahan, M. A., and Gilbert J. Arrow... 21 



6. Neuroptera. By R. McLachlan, F.R.S 34 



7. Orthoptera. By Malcolm Burr, F.Z.S., and Dr. C. Brcnner 



V. Wattenwvl 35 



8. Insects of other Orders. By various Contributors 46 



9. Chilopoda and Arachnida. By R. I. Pocock 48 



10. General List of the Scorpions of Somaliland and the Boran 



Country. By R. I. Pocock 55 



11. Explanation of the Plates 63 



1. Narrative of the Expeditions. 

 By C. V. A. Peel, F.Z.S., F.E.G.S. 



(First expedition to kSomahlaud. April 16 to August 7, 1895.) 



Somaliland has always been known as the big-game hunter's 

 paradise, and in consequence but few have had the energy to 

 collect insects as well. Mr. E. Lort Phillips and Dr. Donaldson 

 Smith, however, are notable exceptions. I always kept a killing- 

 bottle in my tent and also collected outside whatever I happened 

 to meet, but I must honestly confess that I never devoted my time 

 seriously to collecting insects. Owing to the great sameness of 

 thorn-bush and undergrowth, the Lepidoptera of Somaliland are dis- 

 appointing. The Butterflies are few and somewhat uninteresting, 

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