hie Hautflüglergruppe Sphecinae. IV. 1^7 



Sceliphron? leptogaster Cameron. 



Sceliphron? leptogaster Cameron, Transact. o£ the South Adrican Philoso- 



phical Society, Vol. XV, P. 4, p. 227, ef 1905 



*Sceliphron? leptogaster sp. nov. 



Black; the apex of petiole, the penultimate abdominal segment except the 

 basal half above and tbe last segment testaeeous; the four front legs rufo-testa- 



ceous, the t'ore tarsi paler; the posterior tibiae tinged behind with testaeeous; 

 hind spurs testaeeous; head and thorax thickly covered with silvery pubescence; 

 wings hyaline, the nervures blackish. Tarsal spines white cf. Length 17 mm. 



Cape Colonv. Dunbrodv, Februarv. 



This species mav form the tvpe of a new genus or sub- genus. I know un- 

 fortunatelv, only the male. It is more slenderly built than usual; the petiole is 

 as long as the rest of the abdomen together; it is 2-jointed, with the apex dila- 

 ted; it is straight, not curved; the last segment is sharp-pointed and is as long 

 as the preceding two united. Scutellum furrowed in the middle. Temples roundly 

 narrowed. Tarsi sparsely spined; tibiae with very few spines; fore tarsi more than 

 twice the length of the tibiae, the basal two jointsbeing together as long as the 

 tibiae; the middle tarsi are nearly as long, but their tibiae are longer. The second 

 cubital cellule longer than the third, more so in front than behind. Claws simple. 

 Pronotum short, wider than long. Head acieulated, the sides of the vertex in front 

 stronglv but not closely punetured; the clvpeus with fine scattered punetures; its 

 apex almost depressed. Pro- and meso-notum shining; the former rinely and spar- 

 selv, the latter more closelv and strongly punetured. Scutellum punetured like the 

 mesonotum except in the depressed middle. Post-scutellum not depressed, strongly 

 punetured. Metanotum rugose, widely furrowed down the middle of the basal 

 region before the apical slope; the furrow transversely striated. Propleurae smooth, 

 shining, bare; the meso- and meta-pleurae punetured, more strongly below than 

 above; denselv pilose. Abdomen smooth; the petiole longer than the head and 

 thorax united. The second cubital cellule in front is about one-fourth longer than 

 behind, equal in length with the third; the first recurrent nervure is reeeived near 

 the apex of the basal fourth of the cellule; the second nearer the apex. The 

 apical nervures in hind wings are faint, almost obsolete; accessory nervure appen- 

 diculated. 



This species show r s an approach to the Neotropical genus Podium.-» 



Die Beschreibung bietet keine Anhaltspunkte zu entscheiden, ob das be- 

 schriebene Tier ein Sceliphron ist oder einer neuen Gattung oder einer anderen 

 schon bekannten Gattung angehört. 



Sceliphron (Pelopoeus) Lorentzi P. Cameron. 



Sceliphron Lorentzi Cameron, Nova Guinea, Dr. H. A. Lorentz, Leyden, Vol. 



IX, p. 201, <i 1909 



«Bivak Island, Oktober. 



Black, the head and thorax denselv covered with longish black hair, the 

 mesonotum and scutellum alutaeeous, as is also, but more coarsely, the metano- 

 tum; the metapleurae somewhat stronglv and closely obliquely striated; all the 

 coxae, the 4 anterior trochanters, the basal third of the 4 femora, and more than 



