i8o IN SECT A, ETC. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



APID^. 



Anthrophora nidulans, Fab. I dug this bee out of a burrow in a 

 sandy bank in the Wady 'Arabah between Sinai and Palestine while 

 gathering bulbs. It is not included in Walker's Sinai list. It inhabits 

 Southern Europe, Algeria, and Madeira. My visit was too early for the 

 vast majority of these insects. 



VESPID^. 



Vespa ortentalis^ Linn. This handsome hornet was the only con- 

 spicuous insect of the family that was frequently to be seen during the 

 winter months at Sinai. In some places, as about the well at Wady 

 Nasb, it was very abundant. Inhabits Southern Europe, Egypt, Arabia, 

 India. 



The test of a species of Polistes apparently was found amongst the 

 Dead Sea drift. 



DORYLID^. 



Dorylus juvenculus, Schnk. This swift, long-bodied wasp was several 

 times seen in Sinai. I captured one at the southern end of WAdy el 'Ain. 

 Inhabits Barbary and Tripoli. Not included in Walker's list. 



FORMICID^. 



Camponotus compressa, Fab. This appears to be a very common 

 species of black ant in Sinai. Specimens from several ant heaps have 

 been referred to it by Mr. Janson. It is not included in Walker's list. 

 Inhabits Syria, India, and China. 



AphcBUOgaster structor, Latr. Widy 'Arabah and 'Aytan Musa. In- 

 habits Europe, Syria, and Palestine. Found at Cairo also by Mr. Lord. 

 (See Walker's list,) 



Polyrhachis seminiger, May. These ants, in small parties, inhabited 

 little nests or pockets of vegetable matter agglutinated together, and 

 appended to the branches of the tamarisks close to the shore of the Dead 



