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13. On Some New Species and others of Fossorial Hymenoptera 

 in the South African Museum* By ROWLAND E. TURNER, 

 F.Z.S., F.E.S. ' 



FAMILY SCOLIIDAE. 



SUBFAMILY ELIDINAE. 



BRATJNSOMERIA PERINGUEYI, sp. n. 



$ . Niger, maudibulis, clypeo basi iiigro, tuberculis antennalibus, 

 macula frontali sub ocello antico, macula parva inter ocellos posticos, 

 vertice liuea trausversa mediana, orbitis interuis externisque oculorum 

 fasciis adverticem contiuuatis,pronoto macula utrinque antice, fasciaque 

 contiuua postice, mesonoto macula mediana, scutello fascia interrupta, 

 mesopleuris antice linea verticali,. postscutello, tergitis 2-6, sterni- 

 tisque 2-6 fascia lata apicali macula nigro utrinque iucludeiite, seg- 

 mento primo dorsali fascia lata apicali, segmento ventrali septimo, 

 femoribus subtus et apice, tibiis auticis iutermediisque, tibiis posticis 

 basi tarsisque basi flavis ; flagello articulis 8 apicalibus bruuneo-ferru- 

 gineis ; alls hyalinis, stigmate venisque ferrugineis. 



Loug. 10 mm. 



$ . Antennae nearly as long as the thorax and abdomen combined ; 

 first joint of the flagellum almost hidden in the apex of the scape ; the 

 third about half as long again as the second ; the antennal tubercles 

 prominent. Head subquadrate ; deeply punctured ; eyes oval, separated 

 from the hind margin of the head by a distance equal to their own 

 breadth, not emarginate. Posterior ocelli much further from the hind 

 margin of the head than from each other. Clypeus short, subconcave, 

 the anterior margin broadly truncate. Thorax rather strongly punc- 

 tured ; prouotuni as long as the mesonotum, a little narrowed anteriorly, 

 the anterior margin straight. Median segment closely punctured, the 

 sides of the segment clothed sparsely with white hairs. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining ; first segment with a very short petiole, obliquely 

 truncate anteriorly above the petiole, the dorsal surface behind the 

 truncation shorter than the second segment and slightly constricted at 

 the apex ; the abdomen slightly narrowed from the middle to the 

 extremities. Aculeus of the hypopygium recurved and fairly long, the 

 emargination of the seventh tergite narrow and fairly deep. Radial 

 * The types of the new species are in the South African Museum. 



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