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one, and it was only after great trouble that the camel-men 

 could be induced to transport the baggage to the top, but 

 after two days rough climbing everything arrived safely. 



The last camp was situa.ted on a little grass covered 

 plateau, close to a tiny stream amongst the highest peaks of 

 the range, and amid truly magnificent scenery. The weather 

 was beautiful until the 13th February, when a heavy rain 

 storm was experienced, which lasted for fifty-four hours, but 

 fortunately none of the collections suffered, though deep 

 trenches had to be dug round the tents to carry off the water. 

 The more remarkable of the captures at Adho Dimellus were 

 a fine new species of finch (Fringillaria socotrana) which was 

 only met with about the highest granite peaks, and a series of 

 the rare butterfly {Papilio hennetti). 



The party returned to Hadibu on the 18th February to 

 await the arrival of the " Elphinstone," which did not, however, 

 appear until the 21st instant. 



Abd-el-kuri was revisited on the return journey to augment 

 the collections previously made there, but the heat on this 

 barren island was so intense that collecting was hardly 

 possible. Aden was reached on the 29th February, and all 

 the collections having been repacked the party left in the 

 ss. " Goorkha," arriving in London on the 14th of March. 



The general results of the expedition are as follows : — 



I. — The zoological collection contains forty-six mammals, 

 representing eight species ; five hundred and sixty-two birds, 

 sixty-two species, eight of which are new ; three hundred 

 and forty-three reptiles, twenty-three species, one genus, and 

 €ight species new; fifty-three fish, twenty species; three 

 thousand two hundred and eighty shells, thirty-seven species 

 (mostly land), eight new ; and about two thousand five hun- 

 dred insects of various orders. Most of these have now been 

 examined and reported on and include the following new 

 species : — 



Scorpions 4, Spiders 4, Millepedes 2, Beetles 12, OrthopteraG, 

 Butterflies 3, Moths 14, Hemiptera 10. ((?/. Bull. Liverpool 

 Museum, Vol. IL, Nos. 1 & 2 (1899) ). 



The Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Microlepi- 

 doptera are still under examination. 



II. The entire botanical collections from Abd-el-kuri and 

 Sokotra, including numbers of dried specimens, bulbs, seeds, 

 and living trees and plants, have been placed in the hands of 

 Prof. Bayley Balfour. Many forms of remarkable interest 

 are reported to be in thriving condition. 



HI. Specimens of the rocks, &c., fi-om various parts of 

 Abd-el-kuii and Sokotra. A report on these by Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory will be found in the Geological Magazine, N.S. Decade 

 IV., Vol. VI., pp. 529-533, December 1899. 



