COLLECTED IN THE HADEAMAUT, SOUTH ARABIA. 283 



rOEMICID^. 



Mtbmicin^. 



Aph^kogastee baebaea, Linn. 



Formica barbara, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. xii.) i. pt. 2, p. 962, n. 2 (1767). 

 A large number of winged specimens, among which were two 

 males only, the rest being all females. 



A common species in South Europe and North Africa. 



SCOLIID^. 



COMPSOMEEIS VESTITA, Xluff. 



Scolia vestita, Klug, Symbolce Physices, iii. pi. 27. fig- 6 (1832). 



Tiphia collaris, Coqueb. (an Fabr. ?) lllustr. Ins. ii. p. 54, pi. 13, fig. 3 

 (1801). 



This is a common species in Spain, Northern Africa, and 

 Arabia, and generally goes by the name of collaris, Fabr. ; but 

 as I doubt whether Coquebert has correctly identified the 

 Fabrician species, I prefer to use a name about which there is 

 no ambiguity. 



Order HEMIPTEEA. 



Suborder Heteeopteea, 



Pentatomid^. 



ASPOK&OPUS yidtjatfs. 



Cimex viduatus, Tabr. Ent. Syst. iv. p. 117, n. 145 (1794). 



A common and variable Mediterranean, "West Asiatic, and 

 African species. 



Four specimens were obtained, of which two belong to the 

 following form : — 



Pentatoma nigroviolacea, Beauv. Ins. Afr, Amer. p. 83, Hem. 

 pi. 7. fig. 4 (1805). 



The other two specimens have the hind border of the scutellum, 

 the lateral borders of the scutellum, except the hinder lobe, the 

 base of the tegmina and of the abdomen, and more or less of 

 the principal nervures of the wings reddish. In one of these 

 the tegmina and wings are mostly black ; in the other the teg- 

 mina are slightly tinged with reddish towards the base, and the 

 wings are yellowish hyaline with brown tips. 



