520 Miscellaneous. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



An overlooJced ^^Ol•l•. 



In 1871 or 1872 there was published, by authority of the Lords 

 Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, at Southampton, a work 

 entitled ' Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai. In three 

 parts.' Part I. is a folio of iv + 323 pp. and 20 plates, and contains 

 zooloj?ical matter which has apparently been overlooked, or at any 

 rate has not been referred to, in any Hecord or Catalogue of 

 Zoology that I am acquainted with, viz. : — 



"XI. Zoology: Parti. Notes on the Mammals and Avifauna 

 of the Peninsula." By Claude W. Wyatt. Pp. 251-2f)2, plates 

 xiv,-xx. 



" Part 2. List of the Coleoptera found during the Progress of 

 the Survey." By G. B. Crotch. Pp. 263-2G<s. 



" Part 3, Notes on Diatoniacete." By Edward T. "Wilson. 

 Pp. 269-272. 



There are other interesting subjects in the work, e.f/. "X. Plants 

 of the Peninsula." By Dr. J. D. Hooker. 



As regards the Zoology, I am informed by Professor Newton 

 that a list entitled " Notes on the Birds of the Peninsula of Sinai " 

 Tvas published by Mr. Wyatt in 'The Ibis' for 1870, pp. 1-18. 

 On reference I find that this paper makes no allusion to the author's 

 larger work on the subject nor to the plates therein. 



Mr. Crotch's contribution is a list of 128 species of Coleoptera, of 

 which the following are new : — Saprinus sinaiticKs; Pad) ydema sina- 

 itica, israeliiica, and nocturmi : p. 266. F. ? snncta; Erodivs sinaiii- 

 ciis and tcostatus \ Adesmia DraJcii, sinnitica ; Tentyria ralineri: 

 p. 267. Sepidium lorah, dathan, and ahiram ; Tijchms sinaiticus ; 

 Chrysomela sanguineo-cincia : p. 268. 



I have found the types of all these species in Mr. Crotch's collec- 

 tion, now in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. 



Mr. Wilson's notes on the Diatomacese do not include any new 

 species. 



The titlepage of this work bears date 1869, but the preface is 

 dated Oct. 31st, 1871, and this Zoology was therefore probably not 

 published till 1872. 



A copy of the work was presented to the University Library, 

 Cambridge, by the Bt. Hon. the First Commissioner of H.M. 

 Works ; and I am much indebted to our University Librarian, 

 Dr. F. J. H. Jenkinson, for finding it for me, when the only clue I 

 could give him was a reference about Mr. Crotch's types contained 

 in the archives of our Museum. D. Sqarp. 



University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, 

 March 22nd, 1905. 



