

CAMKKON, FOSSORES. 255 



Length 9 11 mm. 



Kiliiinunlj<ir<>: Kibonolo, 1000 1300 m. 



Apical 6 joints of antenna 1 black above; the 3rd joint as long as the 4-th and one 

 fourth of the 5th. Eyes distinctly converging above; the hinder ocelli separated from 

 each other by a little more than they are from the eyes. Temples short, broadly rounded. 

 Base of mesonotum broadly rounded. Metanotum short, roundly sloped. Basal joint of 

 anterior tarsi with 3, the 2nd and 3rd with 2 long stout spines; claws with a stout 

 basal tooth; the long spur of the hind tibiae extends shortly beyond the middle of meta- 

 tarsus. 



Pompilus (Episyron) spiloiiotns, sp. nov. 



Dark rufous, the vertex, front, except for a triangular space at the eyes below, a 

 line down the centre of the face, slightly incised and dilated below, occiput except at 

 the orbits, mesonotum, base and apex of scutellum, post-scutellum, the parts bordering 

 (hem, base of metanotum, a semicircular mark on its apex, the oblique, central furrow 

 on propleune, the base of 1st abdominal segment entirely, the black continued broadly 

 to near the apex, the apex narrowly, a band shortly beyond the middle of the 2nd seg- 

 ment, the 3rd and 4th segments more broadly and irregularly, the mesopleurae except 

 at the apex below, the sternum, and the greater part of the metapleune, behind the 

 furrow, black; the face, the yellow triangularly dilated up the orbits above the middle 

 of the eyes, clypeus, the outer orbits broadly, the apex of pronotum broadly, the yellow 

 continued on to the pleura' to the middle, the yellow at the apex below, projecting on 

 to the furrow, which projects into it, dividing it into two below, a mark, wider than 

 long, near the apex in the middle, a broad curved mark on the scutellum, a transverse 

 mark on sides of the apex of the metanotum, a broad band on the base of the 2nd 

 abdominal segment, a narrower one on the 3rd and 4th and still narrower ones on the 

 others, bright lemon-yellow. Legs coloured like the body, the fore coxae bright lemon- 

 yellow, as are also the basal half of the hind tibiae; the basal 4 joints of the fore tarsi, 

 the greater part of the basal joint of the middle and the base of the posterior, with all 

 the spurs of a paler yellow. Wings hyaline, tinged with yellow in the middle, the apex 

 from near the end of the radius smoky; the 2nd abscissa of radius as long as the 3rd; 

 the 2nd transverse cubital nervure is oblique, and bent towards the 2nd recurrent behind; 

 the 1st recurrent nervure is received near the apex, the 2nd in the middle of the cellule. 

 There is a distinct yellow keel between and below the antennae. Hind ocelli separated 

 from each other by about the same distance as they are from the eyes. The accessory 

 nervure in the hind wings is received far beyond the cubitus. 



This species is related to P. Oncili CAM. from Cape Colony; that species is larger, 

 has the 2nd abscissa of radius distinctly longer than the 3rd, the mesopleura? is only 

 black at the base above the oblique furrow, the apical cloud in the fore wings is 

 narrower, it commencing beyond the 3rd transverse cubital, not as it in the present 

 species; and the tarsi are for the greater part bright yellow. 



