448 



Mw G. Meade-Waldo on 



Black ; tlie clypeus, an interrupted lateral line on 

 anteunsBj the front, a narrow line behind the the eyes^ pro- 

 notnnij tegulse, a small spot on the apex of the scutellum, 

 broad yellow fasciae on the apical margin of abdominal 

 segments 1-6, those on segments 2, S, 4 narrowly broken on 

 the medio-dorsal surface, golden yellow. A small round 

 spot on each side of sternite 4, the apex of the femora, the 

 tibise and tarsi of the anterior legs, and tibiae and tarsi of 

 intermediate and posterior legs for the most part golden 

 yellow. 



Apical joints of tarsi and tubercles on abdominal sternites 

 2 and 3 ferruginous. Clypeus as broad as long, shallovvly 

 emarginate at apex, a blunt tubercle on front between base 

 of antennae. Tubercles on abdominal sternites 2 and 3 

 similar in structure, that on sternite 2 rather less prominent 

 tlian that on sternite 3, which is slightly truncate at apex. 



Length 8| mm. 



Hab. Cairo, Egypt {F. D. Morice, 4. iv. 99) . 



This specimen was in the collection of the late Edward 

 Saunders, to whom it was presented by the Rev, F. D. 

 Morice, and in whose collection there are further specimens. 



The following should facilitate the differentiation of the 

 new subspecies from typical Masaris vespiformis, F. : — 



Masaris vespiformis, F., 

 snbsp. cegyptiacus, subsp. n. 

 Black and golden yellow. 

 Mesotborax totally black, minute 

 yellow spot at tip of scutellum, 



Clypeus entirely yellow. 



Median segment black. 



Small tubercle on iuter-antenual 

 space. 



M. vespiformis, F. 



Black and pale or wbitish yellow. 



" Tborax dorso niger, macula 

 media antice emarginata, flava. 

 Margo et scutellum flava." (Ent. 

 Syst. ii. p. 284.) 



" Clypeus emarginatus flavus, 

 margiue tenui nigro." (Lepel. 

 Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. p. 589.) 



Median segment with angles of 

 truncation yellow. 



No tubercle on inter-antenual 

 space. 



JuGURTiA, Sauss, 



Jugurtia simpsoni, s]). n. 



Kiger, flavo variegatus ; alis hyalinis, 



? . Black ; the scape beneath, clypeus except the base, 

 two large subquadrate marks on the front, continuing round 

 the sinus of the eyes, a line behind the eyes, anterior 

 margin of pronotum, its posterior margin along the hinder 

 half, the tegulae posteriorly, a small mark on the disk of the 



