Mr. E/. E. Turner on Fossorial IJi/menoptera. 369 



Ampulex sibirica, Fabr. 



SpJicv sibirica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 207 (1793). J- 



Ampulex sibirica, Sin. Cat. Ilyin. B. M. iv. p. 209 (1856). 



Ampulex compressiventris, Guer. Icouogr. Regu. Anim., vii. Insect. 



p. 436(1845). $. 

 Chlorampulex sibirica, Saiiss., Grandidier, Hist. Madagascar, xx. p. 444 



(1892). 



From an examination of the Fabrician type, I have no 

 doubt that Saussure was quite correct in his identification of 

 the species. He had probably seen the type, though he does 

 not say so. Kohl, in his excellent monograph of the genus, 

 does not seem to have thought of the possibility of this, and 

 ])uts aside Saussure's identification too lightly. The locality 

 given by Fabricius is, of course, erroneous, the species being 

 West African. 



Subfamily Sprecinje. 



Sphex hceinorrhoidalis, Fabr. 



Sphex h^morrhoidalis, Fabr. Spec. Insect, i. p. 443 (1781). 

 Sphex niqripes, Sm., var. vohibilis, Kohl, Ann. naturh. Hofmus. Wien, 

 X. p. 04 (1895J. 



Hub. Sierra Leone ; Uganda. 



Type in the Banksian Collection. 



Tlie name hamorrhoidalis must stand as the specific name 

 and the name nigripes, Sm.,as only subspecific. The typical 

 form has the wings dark, whereas in the Indian form they 

 are flavo-hyaline, clouded with fuscous at the apex. In 

 specimens from Ceylon the wings are fusco-violaceous, as in 

 the African form. 



Sphex [Parasphex) elegantulus, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; albo-hirta, abdomiue ItBte ferrugineo ; petiolo seg- 

 mentisque dorsalibus 3-5 nigris, laberibus ferrugineis, apice 

 auguste flavo-testaceis ; alls subhyalinis, venis fiiscis. 



Long. 25 mm. 



? . Clypeus slightly convex at the base, flattened at tiie 

 apex and broadly truncate, the base and sides closely covered 

 with silvery pubescence intermixed with long white hairs. 

 Eyes very slightly convergent towards the clypeus, separated 

 on the vertex by a distance about equal to the length of the 

 three basal joints of the flagellum combined. Posterior 

 ocelli a little further from each other than from the eyes ; 

 second joint of the llagellum nearly twice as long as the 



