INSECTA, ETC. 



In the classes Arachnida, Myrlopoda and Insecta, some small gatherings 

 were made from time to time. The season was so unsuitable for these 

 forms of life that there was very little material to work upon, and I feel 

 that an apology may be necessary for introducing such brief and frag- 

 mentary results. My excuse must be the desire to contribute, in however 

 small a degree, to the knowledge of the natural history of the district in 

 all its branches, and it will be found, I believe, that my entomological 

 captures are of interest. My specimens have been examined and deter- 

 mined with the utmost care by Mr. Oliver Janson, and I consider myself 

 fortunate in having secured the services of so painstaking a worker. For 

 the recommendation to him I am indebted to Mr. Waterhouse, of the 

 British Museum, who also kindly determined for me some of the species 

 mentioned, and for whose valuable advice I am very grateful. 



In the preface to Canon Tristram's ' Survey of Western Palestine ' 

 will be found a general statement of the condition of our knowledge of 

 the Arachnid and Insect Fauna of Palestine. Such knowledge as is 

 available is merely fragmentary, nor does that author find enough material 

 to make any important deductions therefrom. He mentions that there 

 are five Ethiopian (Nubian) butterflies known from the Dead Sea. He 

 does not, however, give their names. 



Amongst the butterflies of the family Pieridae, Wallace classes two 

 genera as being confined to the Ethiopian region. Of one of these, 

 Teracolus, 1 obtained two species in the Ghor. T. phisadia, Godt., was 

 abundant. In the same family, Pieris lordacea, Walk., known only from 



