' \MKKON, KOSSOKKS 2t)7 



antenna- as long a* the following 2 united. Tibial and tarsal spines Mark; those on Hie 

 former sparse, mi the lallrr numerous, stout and dense; the basal joint of the anterior 

 tarsi projects above into a stout process, about .'5 limes longer than wide and ending in 

 one stout and 2 thinner loutish spines. The basal 2 absciss;e of the radius are about 

 equal in length and a little shorter than the 3rd; the 2nd transverse cubital nervure is 

 oblique and roundly curved; Ihe Hrd is hardly oblique and broadly, roundly curved out- 

 wardly; the 1st recurrent nervure is received near the apex of the basal fourth of the 

 cellule, the 2nd close to the apex. 



The o 71 is similarly coloured. The si/e of the black spot fin the vertex varies in 

 extent; the scape only of the antennae may be red, or the basal 5 joints may be entirely 

 red; the amount of red on the prothorax and legs varies also. In most males the head 

 is entirely black and the sides of the collar only are red. 



A common species. Kilinutndjaro: Kibonoto, cultivated region, 1300 1900 m. 

 May. Leitokitok, May. Usamlxira : Mombo. Jlcni low lands, Ngare na nyuki. 



January, October. Dunbrody, Cape Colony (Rev. J. A. O'Ncil, S. J.). - - A. rugicollis, 

 LEP. (Nat. Hist. Hym. Ins. Ill, 373, I 4), appears to be a closely allied form. 



Ammophila Sjostertti, sp. uov. 



Black, the head and thorax densely covered with silvery pubescence; the antennal 

 scape, mandibles, except the apex, the sides of prothorax broadly, the red extending on 

 to the outerside of the pronotum, tubercles and 2 longish marks, straight on the inner, 

 rounded on the outer side on the centre of metanotum, red; legs reddish, the 4 posterior 

 femora broadly above, the hind trochanters and the 4 hinder tarsi, black. Wings hyaline, 

 the stigma testaceous, the nervures black; the 2nd abscissa of radius one fourth shorter 

 than the 3rd. The 1st and 2nd abdominal ventral segments and more or less of the 

 others are rufo-testaceous. The pro- and mesonotum are transversely striated ; the central 

 part of the metanotum is similarly striated, but with the stria- roundly curved. Eyes 

 distinctly converging below; the hinder ocelli are separated from each other by the same 

 distance as they are from the eyes. Tegulfle rufo-testaceous. c/ 1 - Length 18 mm. 



Mfn< low lands, Ngare na nyuki, October. 



There is a rufous streak behind and below the tubercles and a longer oblique one 

 on the lower three fourths of the apex of the mesopleune. 3rd antennal joint one third 

 longer than 4th. 



b. Mrxo notion 



Ammophila lougipilosella, sp. nov. 



Black, the head and thorax densely covered with long while pubescence, the tegulee, 

 4 front legs and the hinder tarsi posteriorly, the underside of the 1st abdominal segment, 

 the 2nd, 3rd and 4th except above, the black on the top of the 4th narrow at the base, 

 becoming gradually wider towards the apex, red; pro- mesonotum and scutellum closely, 

 somewhat strongly punctured, the punctures on the scutellum sparser, especially in the 



