Mr. B,. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 461 



basal tergites subopaque, without distinct punctures ; the 

 apical tergites shining, with a few small and scattered 

 punctures ; steruites shining, sparsely but more strongly 

 punctured ; the second stemite smooth, except at the apex. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating just beyond, the 

 transverse median uervure. 



Hab. Usangu District, German East Africa, 3500 to 

 4500 ft. (S. A. Neave), December ; Lilongwe District, 

 Central Angoniland, 4000 to 5000 ft. (S. A. Neave), 

 May 28-June 2, 1910. 



Somewhat resembles P. dolosus, Kohl, but is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the very stout flagellum and the sculpture of 

 the scntellum and median segment. 



1 Philanthus fuscipennis, Gue'r. 



Philanthus fuscipennis, Guer. Iconogr. regn. anim. iii., Insect, p. 443 



(1845). 

 Philanthus consimilis, Kohl, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, vi. p. 349 



(1891). 6 2- 

 Philanthus reticulattts, Cameron, Sjostedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exp., 



Zool. ii. p. 270 (1910). 



Hab. The whole Ethopian region. 



Avery variable speeies in colour; the yellow markings 

 on the scutellum and postscutellum are usually obsolete, as 

 in Gueriu^s description. 



Philanthus nigrohirtus, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, mandibulis macula basali, clypeo, facie, macula parva 

 pone oculos, vertice macula obliqua utrinque oculos attingente, 

 pronoto margine postico, tegulis, callis humeralibus macula 

 parva, mesopleuris antice, scutello, postscutello, femoribus anticis 

 intus, tibiisque supra flavis ; abdomine fulvo-flavidulo, segmento 

 primo basi nigro ; fronte inter antennas dense nigro-hirsuto ; 

 alis fuscis. 



J . Feminoe similis ; fronte supra antennis bimaculata (ssepe 

 transverse fasciata), vertice immaculato, scutello postscutelloque 

 nigris, nonnunquam flavo-maculatis, clypeo apice macula minuta 

 nigra. 



Long., $ 12 mm., J 10 mm. 



? . Clypeus very broadly rounded at the apex, very 

 sparsely punctured, with a long black hair springing from 

 each puncture ; front very closely and finely punctured, 

 with delicate longitudinal striae, and rather thickly clothed 

 with long black hairs, which are especially dense between 

 the antennas ; vertex shining, rather closely punctured ; the 



