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ERNST HARTERT'S EXPEDITION TO THE CENTRAL 

 WESTERN SAHARA* 



XV. 



RHYNCHOTA HETEROPTERA. 



By Dr. G. HORVATH. 



De. Ernst Harteet, during his expedition to the Central Western Sahara, in 

 1912, also secnred some Ehynchota Heteropteva. This small collection, and some 

 other specimens collected by the Hon. Walter Rothschild and Ernst Hartert dnring 

 former trips to the Northern West-Sahara and Algeria, have kindly lieen presented 

 to the Hnngarian National Musenm in Budapest. There are in these collections 72 

 specimens, belonging to 37 species, of which four are new to science. One of the 

 latter represents also the tyjie of a new genus. 



As to the itinerary and the localities, see Nov. Zool. xx. p. 1-27, also xviii. 

 pp. 456-471. 



CTDNIDAE. 



1. Amaurocoris aspericoUis Pnt. 



1 ?, Southern Oned Mya ; 1 9 , El-Golea. Described from Tunisia. 



FENTATOMIDAE. 



2. Odontotarsus grammicus L. 



5 (?{?, 1 ?, Hammam Rhira. This is the true Linnean si)ecies, which does 

 not occnr in Europe and is confined to North Africa. 



3. Graphosoma lineatum L. 



6 <?<?, 2 ? ?, Hammam Rhira. This species was described by Liunams from 

 " Mauritania." For a long time it has been overlooked and confounded with the 

 European Gr. itulicum Miill. 1 have, however, shown that these two species are 

 quite distinct, and that only Gr. lineatum is found in North Africa. This latter 

 species has also been found in Sardinia and Corsica, and once in Sonthern France, 

 near Toulon (see Ann. Mm. Hung. vii. lOUSt, pp. 14«-5U). 



4. Aelia acuminata L. 



1 ? , Hammam Rhir.a. A common widespread PaL-earctic species. 



5. Staria lunata Hahn. 



1 cj, Hammam Rhira. Not rare in Central and South Europe, North Africa, 

 and West Asia. 



* See ataea, pp. 1-1B3, anrl pp. 444-469. 



