APPENDIX II
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INSECTS COLLECTED IN THE LIBYAN DESERT
THE collections of insects made in my first two seasons in the Libyan Desert were presented to the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, who in return very kindly undertook to “name” the specimens. Unfortunately, however, they were dispersed among the different departments of the museum before they had been identified, and I am told that the specimens cannot now be traced. This is to be regretted as no other collections have been made anywhere near the parts from which they came, and it would have been of great interest to see how far the influence of the strongly predominating northerly winds of the desert had affected the distribution of the various species.
The list given below is that of the insects collected in my last season. Unfortunately the conditions under which the journey was made prevented many specimens from being obtained from the more central parts of the desert.
The majority of those here mentioned are now in the Tring Museum, where they were most kindly identified for me by Lord Rothschild. The remainder of them are in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, to the staff of which I am indebted for their kindness in naming them.
Some of the specimens, however, sent to this museum are not included in the list, as owing “to their condition or for some other reason” they could not be identified.
I. IDENTIFIED AT TRING
Arctiidæ
Utetheisa pulchella (Linn.). Farafra, 20/4/12.
Noctuidæ
Chloridea nubigera (Herrsch.). Camp IX, Libyan Desert, 5/4/12.
Euxoa spinifera (Hubn.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12.
Agrotis ypsilon (Rott.). Bu Gerara, 4/4/12.
Cirphis loreyi (Dup.). Bu Gerara, 3/4/12.
Athetis flava (Oberth.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12.
Laphigma exixua (Hubn.). Camp IX, 4/4/12; Bu Gerara, 3-4/4/12; Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12.
Phytometra gamma (Linn.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12. Camp XI, Farafra, 6/4/12; Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12.
Leucanitis kabylaria (Bang, Haas.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 10-12/4/12.
Hypoglaucitis benenotata moses (Stdgr.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12.
Anumeta hilgerti (Rothsch.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12.
Pyralidæ
Ommatopteryx ocellea (Haw.). Camp XII, 17/4/12.
Syria Kingi (Rothsch.). (spec. nov.) Fifteen miles south of Bir Kairowin, 14/4/12.
Syria variabillis (Rothsch.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17-23/3/12; Camp II, 23/3/12.
Syria Libyca (Rothsch.). (spec. nov.) Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12.
Heterographis adustella (Rag.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12.
Heterographis verburii (Butl.). Camp II, 23/3/12.
Heterographis samaritanella (Zell.). Kairowin Hattia, Farafra, 12/4/12.
Heterographis conversella (Led.). Camp II, 23/3/12.
Nomophila noctuella (Schiff). Camp IX, Libyan Desert, 4/4/12; Bu Gerara, 3-4/4/12; Camp XI, Farafra, 6/4/12; Camp XII, 7/4/12; Camp IV, 25/3/12; Camp V, 26/3/12; Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12.
Pyraustidæ
Cornifrons ulceratalis (Led.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12; Camp II, 23/3/12.
Noctuelia floralis (Hmpsn.). Camp II, 23/3/12.
II. IDENTIFIED AT SOUTH KENSINGTON
TINEINA
Gelechiadæ
Aproærema mitrella (Wlsm.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17-18/3/12; Camp II, Libyan Desert, 23/3/12; Negeb er Rumi, Libyan Desert, 4/4/12. Seven specimens. (Tests J. H. Durrant.)
Phthorimæa eremaula (Meyr). Dakhla Road, Libyan Desert, 26/3/12; Bu Gerara, Libyan Desert, 2-4/4/12. Three specimens. (Tests J. H. Durrant.)
Plutellidæ
Plutella maculipennis (Crt.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 16-23/3/12; Camp II, Libyan Desert, 23/3/12; Dakhla Road, Libyan Desert, 26/3/12; Bu Gerara, Libyan Desert, 3-4/4/12; Negeb er Rumi, Libyan Desert, 4/4/12; Farafra Depression, Libyan Desert, 6/4/12; south of Bir Kairowin, 10/4/12. Fifty-three specimens. (Tests J. H. Durrant.)
Tineidæ
Trichophaga abruptella (Wlstn.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17-18/3/12. Two specimens. (Tests J. H. Durrant.)
DIPTERA
Mycetophilidæ
Macrocera (?) nana (Macq.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 20-23/3/12. Three specimens. (Tests F. W. Edwards.)
Chironomidæ
Chironomus tripartitus (Kieff). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17-23/3/12. Two specimens. (Tests F. W. Edwards.)
Syrphidæ
Syrphus corollæ (Fabr.). Bu Gerara, Libyan Desert, 2-4/4/12. Two specimens. (Tests E. E. Austen.)
Muscidæ
Musca analis (Macq.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 16-20/3/12. Four specimens. (Tests E. E. Austen.)
Musca angustifrons (Thoms.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 16-18/3/12. Two specimens. (Tests E. E. Austen.)
TACHINIDÆ
Sarcophaginæ
Disjunctis nuba (Wied.). Bu Gerara, Libyan Desert, 4/4/12. One specimen. (Tests E. E. Austen.)
Anthomyidæ
Fannia canicularis (L.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 16/3/12. One specimen. (Tests E. E. Austen.)
Trypetidæ
Urellia stellata (Fuessl.). Abu Harag, Libyan Desert, 26/3/12. One specimen. (Tests E. E. Austen.)
PLANIPENNIA
Chrysopidæ
Chrysopa vulgaris (Schneider). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12; Camp II, Libyan Desert, 23/3/12; Dakhla Road, Libyan Desert, 26/3/12; Abu Harag, Libyan Desert, 26/3/12; Bu Gerara, Libyan Desert, 2-3/4/12; Negeb er Rumi, Libyan Desert, 4/4/12. Twenty-five specimens. (Tests H. Campion.)
HEMIPTERA
Reduviidæ
Reduvius palliles (Klug). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 18/3/12. One specimen. (Tests C. J. Gahan.)
Jassidæ
Chlorita flavescens (Fabr.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 20/3/12. Three specimens. (Tests F. Laing.)
COLEOPTERA
Carabidæ
Stenolophus marginatus (Dej.). Camp II, Libyan Desert, 23/3/12. One specimen. (Tests G. J. Arrow.)
Dermestidæ
Dermestes frischi (Kug.). Bu Gerara, Libyan Desert, 2/4/12. One specimen. (Tests G. J. Arrow.)
Scarabæidæ
Aphodius hydrochæris (F.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17/3/12. One specimen. (Tests G. J. Arrow.)
Aphodius granulifrons (Fairm.). Camp II, Libyan Desert, 23/3/12. One specimen. (Tests G. J. Arrow.)
Aphodius sp (?). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 20/3/12. One specimen. (Tests G. J. Arrow.)
Tenebrionidæ
Ocnera hispida (Forsk.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 20/3/12. One specimen. (Tests K. G. Blair.)
ORTHOPTERA
Gryllidæ
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (L.). Meir, Dirut, Egypt, 17-21/3/12. Two specimens. (Tests B. Uvarov.)