236 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



$ 3. Algiers, on the ramparts, parasitic on Kuccra 

 nit/vifncics, frequenting its burrows in tlie soil, 

 4, iv, 1)3. (A. K E.) 



$ 2. Sidi Ferrucl), 8, v, 93. {A. E. E.) 



Ammobates handlikschii, Fries. 



^ 1, Biskra, on Aiiiherhoa lipitii, 8, iv, 1)7. (^I. E. E.) 



AmMOUATES RUFIPES, n. sp. 



Caput thonxxque nigra, abdomiiie pedibus que iiiaxiuie parte rufis. 

 Antennarum flagelli articulo secundo tertio longiore, mas vertice 

 pone ocellus triangulariter opaco et crebre piinctatu feinina segmento 

 sexto abdominis impressione ovali transversa nitida, et postice 

 punctata instructo. 



(J$. Black, labnim, base of tlie maiuliblcs, antenncc towards 

 the base and tubercles of protliorax in the $, abdomen and legs 

 except the trochanters and cox.t in both sexes ferruginous ; femora 

 in the ^ black except towards the apices of the hind pair. Head 

 and thorax closely and rngosely punctured, face slightly shining, 

 clotlied with pale hairs round the insertion of the autenn;e, vertex 

 in the ^ closely punctured and dull. This dull area extends 

 angularly to the anterior ocellus and covers the space between the 

 ocelli, at the sides of this triangle the surface of the head is shining 

 and very largely punctured, in the 9 tliis character is scarcely 

 observable, in both sexes there is a slight carina on the centre of the 

 vertex extending in the direction of the central ocellus, antennio 

 with the 2nd joint of the fhigellum rather longer than the 3rd, the 

 rest wider than long iu tlie (^, subquadrate in the 9i pronotnm 

 clothed with a tight-fitting ochreous pubescence, wings smoky- 

 brown. Scutellum slightly raised and shallowly channelled, post- 

 scutellum scarcely raised, propodeum clothed with silvery pubescence 

 at the base and sides, excavated and shining posteriorly, its area 

 slightly raised, with a fine central channel. Abdomen very finely 

 and closely punctured, 7th segment in the ^ strongly so, Gth seg- 

 ment in the 5 posteriorly slightly emarginate, bearing a transversely 

 oval shining impression towards the apex, the apical half of which 

 is largely punctured, legs and especially the coxiu, more or less 

 clothed with silvery pubescence. 



Long. 11 mm. 



^ 2, $ 6. Le Tarf, visiting heads of ry??ffr« ("fMv7?/?in(/?<s, 



23 to 25, vii, 96. {A. E. E.) 

 ^ 1. Biskra, un Amiiii visnat/a, 2(), v, 97. (A.E.E.) 



