270 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 
scutello postscutelloque ferrugineis ; clypeo, fronte, scapo subtus, 
tergitis 3-6, apice anguste fuscis, sternitisque quarto quintoque 
flavis ; tibiis tarsisque anticis, tibiisque intermediis subtus flavo- 
testaceis ; alis infuscatis, apice late hyalinis. 
Long. 18 mm. 
3. Eyes slightly convergent towards the clypeus, Apical 
joint of the flagellum no longer than the penultimate, not 
much curved. Clypeus subemarginate at the apex, minutely 
and closely punctured. Mesonotum and scutellum very 
closely punctured-rugulose and clothed with very short 
cinereous hairs. Abdomen closely and finely punctured ; 
seventh tergite rounded at the apex, feebly sinuate on the 
sides. First transverse cubital nervure slightly curved near 
the cubitus. The hyaline margin of the wing reaches to the 
apex of the radial cell, enters the third cubital cell, and 
almost reaches the first recurrent nervure. 
Hab. Sagfra, 10 miles south of Cairo, June 8, 1917 
(Egyptian Department of Agriculture); 1 ¢. 
This seems to belong to the group of S. fasciatus, Fabr., 
but the clypeus and front are distinctly narrower than in that 
species; the structure of the flagellum is almost the same, 
also the neuration. The colouring, however, is extremely 
distinct. 
Stizus spinulosus, Rad. 
Stizus spinulosus, Rad. Hore Soe. Ent Ross. xii. p. 186 (1876). &. 
Hab. Solloum, on western coastal frontier of Egypt, 
May 22, 1917 (Egyptian Department of Agriculture); 1 @. 
Stizus citrinus, Klug. 
Larra citrina, Klug, Symbol physice, tab. xlvi. fig. 4 (1845). 2. 
Hab. Kharga Oasis, September 28, 1914 (Egyptian De- 
partment of Agriculture) ; 1 @. 
As noticed by Handlirsch, this species belongs to the group 
of S. tridentatus. 
Subfamily Crasronrym. 
Crabro wickwari, sp. 0. 
Q. Chalybea; mandibulis, apice excepto, scapo, pronoto linea 
utrinque, callis humeralibus, scutello macula parva angulis 
basalibus, tergitis 2-5 linea transversa utrinque, tibiis extus 
linea, femoribus anticis subtus linea basali, intermediis macula 
