2/0 hymenoptera. 



5. Ampulex purpurea. B.M. 



Chlorion purpureum, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. ()5 ? . 



Hab. Africa (Cape of Good Hope; Port Natal). 



This species is subject to the same variation in the neuration 

 of the wings as the typical species, A. compressa. 



6. Ampulex nebulosa. B.M. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. — Green : the head, pro- and meso- 

 thorax covered \^ ith large deep confluent jnmctures ; the clypeus 

 with an elevated carina in the centre, its apex as well as the man- 

 dibles ferruginous ; the antennae black ; the head with scattered 

 erect long white hairs. The metathorax with one central and 

 three lateral longitudinal oblique carina?, between which it is 

 transversely striated ; the lateral apical margins of the verge of 

 the truncation armed with a stout acute tooth ; the truncation 

 transversely rugose ; the post-scutellura covered with silvery 

 pubescence ; thorax and legs with scattered erect pale pubes- 

 cence ; the posterior coxa; covered with silvery-white pubescence; 

 the calcaria pale testaceous ; the wings hyaline, a dark cloud 

 crossing the anterior wings from the base of the marginal cell, 

 occupying the a])ex of the first submarginal, the whole of the 

 second, and the upper portion of the third discoidal cell. Abdo- 

 men strongly, but not very closely, punctured, the apex of the 

 second segment and the whole of the following segments covered 

 with silvery hairs. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



7. Ampulex chalybea, n. s. PI. VII. fig. 3. B.M. 



Female. Length 9 lines. — Dark blue, variegated with bright 

 purple tints ; the mandibles, anterior tibia? in front, and the knees, 

 ferruginous ; the antennae and tarsi dark fuscous ; the wings 

 fuscous ; the head coarsely punctured ; the prothorax and sides 

 of the mesothorax with large scattered punctures ; the metatho- 

 rax with a centrsil longitudinal carina and three oblique ones on 

 each side, the spaces between transversely striated; the apical 

 angles produced into a stout sharp angular tooth ; the abdomen 

 impunctate. 



Hab. Africa (Fantee). 



This may possibly be the A.fumipennis of Dahlbom; but, as 

 he does not mention the red mandibles and front of the 

 anterior legs, it has not been considered advisable to adopt his 

 name. 



