]\Ir. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenopteva. 317 



XXVII. — Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera. — XXVII. On 

 new Species in the British Museum. By IIOWLAND E. 

 TuRNEU, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Family ScoliidsB. 

 Subfamily Elidinm. 

 Elis bodkini, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; clypeo lateribus, orbitis internis cxternisque anguste, 

 fascia transversa inter antennas, pronoto margine posteriore et 

 margine anterioro late interrupto, mesonoto macula qufidrata 

 postice maculaqxie parva utrinque angnlis posticis, postscntello 

 fascia, scgmento mediano fascia longitudinali ntrinque, meso- 

 pleuris fascia vertical! sub alis, segmento dorsali primo macula 

 magna utrinque fasciaque angusta intcrrupta mediana, segiuentis 

 tertio, quarto quintoque fascia basali, sexto macula transversa 

 basali, segmentis ventralibus 2-4 fascia lata emarginata, quiiito 

 fascia mediana, angusta, intcrrupta, fcmoribusque intermediis 

 anticisque macula apicali Havis; alis subhjalinis, area radiali 

 late itifuscata, veuis fuscis ; mandibulis ferrugineis. 

 Long. 13 mm. 



? . Clypeus finely |3uncturecl, subcarinate longitudinally in 

 the niicldle ; frorit and vertex coarsely punctured, with sparse 

 paJe fulvous hairs ; frontal prominence subtuberculate on each 

 side on the inner side of the scape. Thorax closely and 

 rather coarsely punctured, more finely and closely on the 

 pronotuni than elsewhere ; median segment subcarinate iti 

 the middle at the base, a triangular space at the base mucli 

 more finely punctured than the rest ot the dorsal surface, the 

 sides of the segment shallowly obliquely striated. Abdomen 

 shining", linelj and closely punctured, more strongly and 

 sparsely on the ventral surface; sixth dorsal segment closely 

 and finely longitudinally striated. Second cubital cell very 

 long, the second abscissa of the radius nearly half as long 

 again as the third; first recurrent nervure received at three- 

 fifths from the base of the second cubital cell, second at two- 

 fifihs from the base of the third cubital cell. 



IJab. Hiver Mazaruni, British Guiana ((r. E. BodJdn) ; 

 November 1916. 



This is a smaller species than flavopicta, Sm., and has the 

 vertex much more closely punctured; the puncturation of the 

 thorax is much closer and finer, the markings are somewhat 

 different, there is no blue gloss on the abdomen, and the 



