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Show 1900.] INSECTS AND AEACHNIDS FROM SOMALILAND. 21 white; the fringe white. Secondaries yellowish white. Expanse lj inches. Hab. West Somaliland (1895). One example. Type in Hope Collection, Oxford. LlMACODID^E. PARASA PULVICORPUS Hmpsn. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. One example. ARBELA QUADRINOTATA Wlk. N. Central Somaliland, Odewein, June 21-23, 1897. In dry river-bed. One example. 5. COLEOPTEBA. By C. J. GAHAN, M.A., and GILBERT J. ARROW. With the exception of three species of Curculionidce and two three other species belonging to genera at persent undetermined, all the species of Coleoptera of which examples were collected by Mr. C. V. A. Peel in Somaliland are enumerated in the following list. Mr. Arrow has contributed that portion which deals with the Lamellicorn beetles and has assisted also in the determination of some of the species belonging to other groups. Mrs. M. K. Thomas has been good enough to determine the species of Mylabris and to describe one new form belonging to that genus. One or two species have been described from African specimens other than those collected by Mr. Peel. Full reference to the history of such specimens will be found in the descriptions. [C. J. GAHAN.] CARABIDJE. CALOSOMA RUGOSUM De Geer. Central or East Somaliland. One example. J une 5 to Oct. 29, 1897. A widely distributed species, being found in South and East Africa, Abyssinia, Nubia, and in the island of Socotra. ANTHIA PEROX Thorns. N.W. Somaliland, Galadi in the Mijertain Country. One example, Oct. 4, 1897. Occurs also in Abyssinia. POLYHIRMA CALLIAUDI Casteln., var. N.W. Somaliland, Galadi, Oct. 4, 1897. One example. The sutural vitta behind the scutellum is longer, and the elytra somewhat less strongly punctured than in normal examples from Abyssinia. Type of variety in British Museum. CHL-ENIUS sp. Central or East Somaliland. One example (1897). |