176 INSECT A, ETC. 



Harkeko (lat. 15°), in Upper Nubia, was also obtained in the Gh6r. In 

 fact, my small collection from the Ghor exhibits in some cases very 

 decided Ethiopian affinities, and will, at least, suffice to show the de- 

 sirability of thorough investigation into the insect fauna of the Dead Sea 

 basin. 



For further information I may refer my readers to Reiche and De 

 Saulcy's papers on the Coleoptera collected by De Saulcy in the East, 

 Syria, etc.^ On the beetles of Sinai, the appendix, by G. R. Crotch, on 

 the Coleoptera collected by the Ordnance Survey, at p. 263 in the ' Report,' 

 is the most important paper. Mr. F. Walker's papers on the insects col- 

 lected by J. K. Lord, 'in Egypt, Arabia, and near the African shore of 

 the Red Sea,' deal largely with Sinai. The Coleoptera and Hymenoptera 

 were published separately.^ The Diptera appeared in the Entomologist for 

 March, April, and July, 1871 ; the Lepidoptera in the same journal for 

 April, August, and September, 1870. 



In the following list, except where otherwise stated, the species have 

 been determined by Mr. Oliver Janson. 



ARACHNIDA. 



SCORPIONID^. 

 Androctonus (Linrus) quinque-striatus, Hemp, et Ehr. Jericho ; 

 Sinai ; Mount Hor. Seems to be the commonest species of scorpion. 

 Found in Egypt and Nubia to Dongola. 



SOLPUGID^. 

 Galeodes araneoides (?), Linn. Salted remains of this species (or one 

 extremely near it) were picked up on the margin of the Dead Sea. Mr. 

 Waterhouse determined it to be a species of Solpugids, and it agrees 

 with figures of the present well-known and savage spider. Found on 

 the Russian and . Asiatic steppes, and believed to inhabit Egypt and 

 Arabia. 



1 'Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France,' 1855, p. 561 ; 1856, p. 353 ; 1857, p. 169, and 1858, 



P- S- 



2 'A List of Hymenoptera collected by J. K. Lord, Esq.' By Francis Walker, F.L.S. 



London : W. Janson, 187 1. ' A List of Coleoptera,' etc., etc. 



