S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 31/1. (Budapest, 1978)
Our principal aim was to collect as many representatives as possible of the invertebrate fauna with special attention to the soil fauna. Accordingly, the methods of collecting corresponded with those used in spring, though owing to weight restrictions at this time we did not have UV lamps and the Moczarsky-Winkler extracting apparatuses. This lack was somewhat compensated by the light sources applied around the hotel, also the Berlese-apparatuses, and the sifted material which was extracted in Geneva to allow plenty of time. Unfortunately, we had opportunity to coUect neither vertebrate animals nor could we make parazitological survey. In spite of the difficulties encountered we collected some 15,000 insects and mollusca. We should especially like to stress the quantity of Lepidoptera and Diptera which approximate even numerically the spring material. The first lot comprises entirely nocturnal species, the second those collected on shore-bars, and those netted over the mud of lake shores. A huge number of flies were captured in the inflorescence of Chrithmum maritimum (No. 164). The soil collections preceding the rains were scarcely successful, the difference is well illustrated by the material extracted by the help of the Berlese apparatuses. The realization of this collecting trip was made possible through the help of the Department of Public Collection in the Ministry of Culture. Of course, extensive help was rendered by the directorate of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest and other organizations. Besides the above the successful completion of our trip was decisively influenced by Dr. B. HAUSER ; Head of the Arthropoda Section of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Geneva, and his collaborators with whom in the past several years we have been elaborating and exploring the fauna of the Mediterranean and Circumstropical regions. A spring collectings reported 127 serial numbers indicating various sites and data of biotopes. The present report consequently starts with the next serial number 128. List of localities No. 128. Skanés, Hotel Tanit, 11 September, 1977. Singled among palm trees near seashore. No. 129. Same locality, 11 September, 1977. Netted and beaten from bushes. No. 130. Between Skanés and Monastir, 8 km from Monastir, 11 September, 1977. Singled from stalk and from under bark of date palms. No. 131. Same locality, 11 September, 1977. Sifted from debris accumulated at base of palm tree. No. 132. Same locality, 11 September, 1977. Netted from vegetation. No. 133. Same locality, 11 September, 1977. Berlese and Tardigrada samples from humus accumulated among roots of palm trees. No. 134. Skanés, Hotel Tanit, 11 September, 1977. Collected at lamp in hotel' s pakr flying also for building's lights. 19^-21^, 22-18°C. Medium strong wind, no moon. No. 135. Monastir, surroundings of harbour, 12 September, 1977. Netted from vegetation along shore (Salsola sp., Polygonum sp. , etc. ), and from algae adhering to stones. No. 136. Same locality, 12 September, 1977. Singled from sand of the shore. No. 137. Same locality, 12 September, 1977. Berlese and Tardigrada samples from litter and debris' accumulated under bushes of Polygonum sp. and Salix sp. No. 138. Sahline, salt-lakes, 12 September, 1977. Berlese and Tardigrada samples from lake shore. Litter from base of Tamarix bushes. 1. Horizon A; 2. Horizon B (mildewy). No. 139. Skanés, along road from Monastir to Sousse, 10 km from Monastir, 12 September, 1977. Berlese and Tardigrada samples from under a very old Gleditia tree, thick layer of litter. 1. Horizon A; 2. Horizon B (mildewy). No. 140. Skanés, Hotel Tanit, 12 September, 1977. Berlese sample from vegetal debris of littoral dunes and from humus under it. Gramineae, Iris sp. , etc. No. 141. Same locality, 12 September, 1977. Lamping, insects gathered from walls of building. 19 3 0- 22 2 0, 23-17°C. Complete stillness of air, no moon. No. 142. Same locality, 13 September, 1977. Netted over alga and floatsome bars. Early morning at 6 a. m .
