Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 297 
Hab. 30 miles from Magadi Junction, British East Africa 
(f. G. Hamilton), April. 
This is larger than other Ethiopian species known to me, 
and may also be distinguished by the very different colouring 
of the wings and abdomen. 
Subfamily Nrrerryz. 
Miscophus rhodesianus, sp. n. 
@. Nigra; mandibulis basi, tibiis, tarsis, femoribus posticis, femo- 
ribusque intermediis subtus ferrugineis; alis hyalinis, anticis 
tertio apicali infumatis, venis nigris ; abdomine parum cyaneo 
micante ; fronte pilis chalceis sparsis ; tegulis testaceis. 
g. Femine similis; femoribus nigris; tibiis tarsisque fusco- 
ferrugineis. 
Long., 2 4-6, d 4 mm. 
¢. Anterior margin of the clypeus smooth and shining, 
slightly porrect. Head opaque, coriaceous, with scattered, 
short, almost scale-like hairs; the eyes almost parallel. 
Thorax and median segment very finely rugose ; a carina 
from the base of the median segment not reaching the apex, 
the posterior slope of the segment with a median sulcus. 
Pubescence of the thorax and median segment short and very 
sparse. Abdomen very finely and closely punctured. (Tarsal 
comb long and black; the spines distinctly spatulate ; calearia 
black. The fuscous cloud on the fore wing commences in the 
second cubital cell, becoming gradually paler towards the 
apex of the wing. 
6. The tarsal comb is much reduced in length. 
Hab. Bulawayo, Rhodesia (G. Arnold), June. 
This is a stoutly built species, nearly allied to kriech- 
baumeri, Brauns, and oraniensis, Brauns, differing from the 
former in the parallel inner orbits and in colour, from the 
Jatter in the much sparser pubescence and in the sculpture of 
the thorax. 
Miscophus cyanescens, sp. n. 
do. Niger, gracilis; segmentis dorsalibus chalybeo micantibus ; 
tarsis fusco-ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, venis nigris. 
Long. 5 mm. 
3. Hyes distinctly convergent towards the vertex; an- 
tenne rather stout. Head coriaceous, with very delicate 
sericeous white pubescence on the lower part of the front. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol, xx. 20 
