Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 323 



Tachysphex hrlnckerce, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; mandibulis basi, tibiis anticis basi et subtus, tarsis 

 anticis, tarsis(|ue intermediis posticisque apice fusco-l'errugineis ; 

 segmcntis abdominalibus prirno secundoque rufo-ferrugineis ; 

 tegulis testaceis ; alls flavo-hyalinis, apice pallidis ; venis testaceis. 



Long. 13 mm. 



? . Clypeus broadly truncate at tlie apex, finely and closely 

 punctured on the basal half; the apiciil haU deflexed, shining, 

 with large scattered pujictures. Vertex very closely micro- 

 scopically punctured ; the eyes separated on the vertex by 

 a distance slightly exceeding the length of the second joint 

 of the flagellum ; front and the base of the clypeus clothed 

 with very short silvery pubescence, which is only visible in 

 certain lights. Thorax minutely and closely punctured ; 

 median segment granulate, as long as the mesonotum, the 

 sides and apex of the segment striated. Second and third 

 dorsal segments with a little short silver })ubescence at the 

 apical angles ; pygidial area elongate-triangular, sparsely 

 punctured. Comb of fore tarsus long, basal joint of the fore 

 larsi with eight spines. Radial cell broadly rounded at the 

 apex ; second abscissa of the radius longer than the third, 

 nearly twice as long as the space between the recurrent nei- 

 vures on the cubitus. 



Hub. Transvaal, Pretoria {Miss J. Brincker). 



Tachysphex punctata, Sm. 



Larrada punctata, Sm. Cnt. Plym. B.M. iv. p. 282 (1856). S (as $). 

 Larra ptmctatu,\s.oh\, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiv.p. 247 (1884). 



The type is a male, not a female, and is a true Tadtysphex. 

 The wings are of a darker luscous than in any other small 

 black Ethiopian species of the genus known to me. Eyes 

 separated on the vertex by a distance equal to about twice 

 the length of the second joint of the Hagellum. 



Tachysphex suJifuscatus, sp. n. 



2 . .Nigra ; segmcntis abdominalibus duobus basalibus fusco-rufis ; 

 tarsis fusco-ferrugiueis ; alis subhyalinis, venis fuscis ; clypeo, 

 fronte, segraeutisque dorsalibus tribus basalibus fascia apicali 

 argenteo-pubesceutibus ; thorace rugose punctate ; eegmento 

 mediano longitudinaliter striato-reticulato. 



Long. 9 mm. 



? . Clypeus broadly truncate at the apex, the apical 



