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6. 



Long, corporis 22 mm. 



„ pronoti 5'0 



„ fern, post 16-5 



Patrla. North Central Somaliland : Hand District, Eyk (" on 

 open plain bj thick bush "), .July 2-4, 1897. One male specimen. 

 Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. 



This species seems to be a link between M. abominata Br. 

 (African), which has many-spined femora and compressed anterior 

 tibiae, and the pronotum slightly broader anteriorly than posteriorly, 

 and M. miitica Br. (Asiatic), in which the femora have only 4-5 

 minute spines beneath, while the anterior tibiae are sub-inflated 

 and the pronotum is cylindrical. 



Gryllodea. 

 Gryllid^. 

 LioGRYLLUs BiMACULATUs (De Gecr). 



North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. Four 

 female specimens. 



Gryllus sp. ? 



North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1897. One 

 female, one nymph. Both specimens are too mutilated for 

 determination. The elytra are abbreviated, and the ovipositor is 

 as long as the body. The general colour is dull black. 



Gryllus melanocephalus Serv. 



North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. One 

 male specimen. Possibly only a dark variety of G. domesticiis. 



Gryllus lugubris Stal (=G. afer var. ?). 



North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. One 

 male specimen. 



8. Insects of other Orders. 



By various Contributors. 



[Mr, Peel also brought several Hymenoptera and a few Hemiptera. 

 The known species of the former have been kindlv identified by 

 Mr. W. F. Kirby, of the latter by Mr. W. L. Distant. 



E. B. Poulton.] 



Hymenoptera. 



Terehrantia. EniomophcKja. 



Braconid.15. 



Bracon sp. A single specimen (1897). 

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