The Zoologist— October, 1870. 2339 



A List of the Hemiptera collected hy J. K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, alottg 

 the African Shore of the Red Sea and in Arabia , with Descrip- 

 tions of the Species new to Science. By F. Walker, F.L.S. 



Klug, in his ' Synibolae Physicse,' has contributed much to the 

 ilhistration of the insects of Arabia, but the Entomology of Egypt has 

 been for the most part neglected. The latter region, once the bed of 

 a sea, was gradually peopled with an insect-fauna, partly resembling 

 that along the shores of the Mediterranean, and of which there are 

 some traces on the sandy sea-coasts of England. This fauna has been 

 modified by the very ancient cultivation of the soil, and by the agency 

 of the Nile in distributing along its banks some of the products of the 

 interior of Africa. 



The localities in which insects were collected by Mr. Lord are as 

 follows : — 



Egypt. — Cairo, Shoobra, Heliopolis, Red Mountain, Geezech 

 Pyramids. 



Africa, near the Red Sea. — Berenice, Souakin, Hor Tamanib, 

 Massowah, Sheyk Berout, Akeek (island), Harkeko, Dahleck (island), 

 Rafla (Annesley Bay), Tarjora (Straits of Bab-el-Mendeb), Akeeko 

 (Arab village), Zayla (Indian Ocean). 



Arabia. — VVady Genneh, Wady Amara, Wady Sidri, Wells of 

 Moses, Pharoah's Baths, Wady Ferran, Wady Nash, Wady-es-Sheykh, 

 Tor, Wady Gharandel, Wady Hebran, Plain of Ramleh, Gebel, Musa 

 (Mount Sinai), gardens round Mount Sinai, sandy plains (Mount 

 Sinai), Convent Garden (Mount Sinai), Wady Atall. 



Fam. PACHYCORiDiE. — Gen. Liuyssa, Dallas. 



1. 12-punctata. Cimex 12-punctatus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 

 527. Hor Tamanib. Inhabits S. Africa and Madagascar. 



Fam. EuRYGASTRiD^. — Gen. Trigonosoma, Delaporte. 



2. Falcata. Cimex falcatus, Cyrillo, Ent. Neap. 5, pi. 6, f. 9. 

 Mount Sinai. Inhabits S. France, Trebizond, Sicily, Egypt and 

 Ceylon. 



Fam. CYDNID.E. — Gen. ^thds, Dallas. 



3. Brunneus. Cydnus brunneus, Fabr. Syst, Rhyn. 185. Cairo. 

 Inhabits S. Europe and Syria. 



