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Show 46 MR. C. V. A. PEEL AND OTHERS ON [Jan. 23, O*. Long, corporis 22 mm. „ pronoti 5-5 „ fern, post 16-5 Patria. North Central Somaliland : Haud District, Eyk (" on open plain by thick bush " ) , July 2-4,1897. One male specimen. Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. This species seems to be a link between 31. abominata Br. (African), which has many-spined femora and compressed anterior tibia?, and the pronotum slightly broader anteriorly than posteriorly, and 31. mutica Br. (Asiatic), in which the femora have only 4-5 minute spines beneath, while the anterior tibia? are sub-inflated and the pronotum is cylindrical. GRYLLODEA. GRYLLID^E. LIOGRYLLUS BIMACULATUS (De Geer). North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. Four female specimens. GRYLLUS sp. ? North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1897. One female, one nymph. Both specimens are too mutilated for determination. The elytra are abbreviated, and the ovipositor is as long as the body. The general colour is dull black. GRYLLUS MELANOCEPHALUS Serv. North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. One male specimen. Possibly only a dark variety of G. domesticus. GRYLLUS LUGUBRIS Stal ( = G. afer var. ?). North-west Somaliland, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. One male specimen. 8. INSECTS OF OTHER ORDERS. By various Contributors. [Mr. Peel also brought several Hymenoptera and a fewHemipfera. The known species of the former have been kindly identified by Mr. W . F. Kirby, of the latter by Mr. W . L. Distant. E. B. POULTON.] HYMENOPTERA. Terebrantia. Entomophaga. BRACONID.E. BRACON sp. A single specimen (1897). |