236 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



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

 nigrifacics, frequenting its burrows in the soil, 

 4, iv, 93. {A. E. E.) 



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



Ammobates handlikschii, Fries. 



^ 1. Biskra, on Amlcrhoa lippii, 8, iv, 97. (A. E. E.) 



Ammobates rufipes, n. sp. 



Caput thoraxque nigra, abdomine pedibus que maxime parte rufis. 

 Antennarum flagelli articulo secmido tertio longiore, mas vertice 

 pone ocellos triangulariter opaco et crebre punctato feniina segmento 

 sexto abdominis impressione ovali transversa nitida, et postice 

 I^unctata instructo. 



^ $ . Black, labrum, base of the mandibles, antenna) towards 

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

 except the trochanters and coxre in both sexes ferruginous ; femora 

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

 and thorax closely and rugosely punctured, face slightly shining, 

 clothed with pale hairs round the insertion of the antennas, 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 $ this 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, antennas 

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

 rest wider than long in the i^, subquadrate in the $, pronotum 

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

 brown. Scutellum slightly raised and shallowly ehannelled, 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, 6th 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 coxa3, more or less 

 clothed with silvery pubescence. 



Long. 11 mm. 



^ 2, ^ 6. Le Tarf, visiting lieads of 6Vw«r« can/^mcjt/irs, 



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

 ^ 1. Biskra, on Ammi vis7iaga, 26, v, 97. (A.E.E.) 



