OH" THE INSECTS OP THE HADEAMATIT. 279 



On the Insects other than Coleoptera obtained by Dr. Anderson's 

 Collector during Mr. T. Bent's Expedition to the Hadramaut, 

 South Arabia. By W. F. Kiebt, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 [Eead 7th March, 1895.] 



The insects to which the present paper relates, as well as the 

 Coleoptera, Arachnida, and Myriopoda noticed in the succeeding 

 papers, were presented to the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) by 

 Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., on condition that, after being worked 

 out, a set of the duplicates should be forwarded to the Museum at 

 Cairo. The Coleoptera have been dealt with by Mr. C. J. Gahan, 

 and the remaining insects by myself. There were no Lepidoptera 

 in the collection, and the Neuroptera and Diptera were re- 

 presented only by a single species each. The Arachnida and 

 Myriopoda have been worked out by Mr. E.. I. Pocock. 



A considerable number of specimens were obtained, but most of 

 them belonged to three or four species only, and the total numher 

 of species in the collection (many of which were represented by 

 a single specimen only) was very small. Many of the speci- 

 mens, too, were bleached by spirit, which ought never to be used 

 for collecting any insects except hard-shelled and smooth Coleo- 

 ptera, Semiptera, &c., which are not liable to be discoloured by 

 it, and have no hair to be matted or delicate exposed wings to 

 be torn. 



Nevertheless, though most of the species were common and 

 wide-ranging insects, there were a few interesting forms among 

 them which were either new to, or badly represented in, the 

 Museum Collection. One species I have ventured to describe as 

 new to science ; and two or three I am at present unable to 

 determine with certainty, from want of sufficient material. 



I will first give a complete list of the species in the Collection 

 (amounting to about 20 in all) and will then discuss them in 

 detail. 



I should, perhaps, mention that, as usual in drawing up such 

 small lists as the present, I use the names of the families only in 

 the broadest sense. 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 Blattid^. 



Polyphaga syriaca, Sauss. 



Phasmid^. 



Phasma agyptiacum, Gray(?). 



