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Show 1900.] INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS FROM SOMALILAND. 47 Aculeata. Heterogyna. FORMICID.E. PALTOTHYREUS PESTILENTIUS (Smith). Three specimens from Bularli (West Somaliland), May 25, 1895. Mr. Peel describes the species as excessively abundant at this locality. Fossores. MUTILLID^E. MUTILLA ARENARIA (Fabr.). A single female specimen (1897). POMPILID^E. SALIUS MEGAERA (Smith). A single specimen from the Webbi Shebeyli, near Mount Kuldush, June 28, 1895. LARRID^E. L A R R A D A sp. allied to L. diabolica (Smith). A single specimen from Sibi (West Somaliland), May 27, 1895. Diploptera. EUMENID^;. EUMENES LEPELLETIERI (SausS.). Seven specimens from Eyk, in the Haud District of North Central Somaliland, July 2-4,1897. " Open plain by thick bush " (C. V. A. P.). EUMENES DIMIDIATIPENNIS (SatlSS.). A single example from West Somaliland (1895). B H Y N C H I U M sp. Two specimens from the Bun Feroli, north of the Webbi Shebeyli, June 10-20, 1895. Anthophila. APIDJE XYLOCOPA sp. near to fiavilabris. A single example (1897). APIS LIGUSTICA (Spin.). Eight specimens from the Haweea Countrv in East Central Somaliland, Sept. 8-27, 1897. ( W . F. K.) |