Hyuiciwptera Or'ientalis. 99 



A. punctata, Smith, is apparently closely allied to this 

 species ; but no mention is made of the mesonotum being 

 furrowed, and the metanotum is said to have a longitudinal 

 carina in the centre ; the collar has "a minute tubercle in the 

 middle," and the wings are hyaline. 



Petiole cojuposed of one joint {PsamniopJiihi). 



Ammophila HIRTICEPS, Sp. nov. 



Nigra; longe nigra Jiirta ; abdonmiis segnioitis 2 — / 

 riifis ; alis fere hyalinis, apice funiatis, nervis nigris. 

 Long, fere 15 mm. 



Antennae stout ; pilose ; the third joint about one 

 quarter longer than the fourth. Head hardly punctured ; 

 covered with long and black hair ; the face and clypeus 

 densely covered with silvery pubescence ; apex of clypeus 

 broadly rounded, almost sinuated in the middle ; ocelli 

 nearly in a triangle ; the posterior separated from the eyes 

 by about the length of the third antennal joint ; front hardly 

 depressed. Thorax somewhat punctured ; the scutellum 

 apparently indistinctly longitudinally striolated ; metanotum 

 obliquely striolated, furrowed down the centre, and with a 

 keel in the centre of the furrow. The one-jointed petiole is 

 a little longer than the second segment, and is covered with 

 long black hair, the fifth segment is red at the base. Above 

 the second and third cubital cellules are sub-equal, and the 

 former above is about three-fourths of the space bounded 

 by the recurrent nervures ; the third cellule below is about 

 half the length of the second, and is rounded at the apex 

 below ; the third transverse cubital nervure bulges outwardly 

 on the lower half, then retreats towards the second cubital 

 nervure, thus making the third cubital cellule wider below 

 than above. Claws reddish. 



Owing to the matting of the hair on the head and 

 thorax, I am unable to make out the sculpture of these 

 parts clearly. The species is a true PsamniopJiila. 



