164 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



Philanthus striguhsus, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; clypeo, facie, macula curvata inter antennas, fascia 

 transversa frontali, orbitis externis anguste tegulisque flavis ; 

 tergitis primo macula magna utrinque,secundo, apice excepto, 

 tertioque lateribus fulvo-t'errugineis; tergitis quarto quintoque 

 lateribus anguste, sternitis 2-5, basi njgris, femoribus posticis 

 apice, anticis intermecliisque fere totis, tibiis tarsisque flavo- 

 testaceis ; alis flavo-hyalinis, apice leviter infuscatis, venis 

 fulvis. 



<S ■ Ferainae similis ; fascia frontali latissima ; tergito quarto etiam 

 fulvo-ferrugineo, apice in medio nigro, sexto lateribus flavo- 

 maculato. 

 Long., 5 18 mm., J 17 mm. 



$ . Clypeus broadly rounded anteriorly, sparsely and 

 shallowly punctured ; front between the antennae convex, 

 very finely and closely punctured, the front above the 

 antennae very finely and closely longitudinally striated, 

 punctured between the striae ; vertex shining, coarsely, but 

 not closely punctured ; ocelli in a broad triangle, the 

 posterior pair a little further from the eyes than from each 

 other ; pubescence dark fulvous on the front, black on the 

 vertex and thorax ; second joint of the flagellum as long as 

 the third and fourth combined, eaeh of the two latter a 

 little longer than broad. Pronotum closely punctured ; 

 mesonotum closely and strongly punctured anteriorly, much 

 more sparsely in the middle and at the apex ; scutellum 

 shining, coarsely but sparsely punctured ; postscutellum 

 more closely punctured. Triangular area of the median 

 segment, very coarsely obliquely striate-rugose, margined by 

 a very broad smooth and shining -space; the sides and apex 

 of the segment very closely, but not coarsely, punctured 

 rugulose. Tergites rather sparsely punctured; the sixth 

 tergite very delicately longitudinally striolate towards the 

 apex; sternites with very sparse large punctures. Basal 

 joint of the fore tarsi with eight spines on the outer margin. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating a little beyond the 

 transverse median nervure. 



$ . Clypeus, face, vertex, mesonotum, and scutellum much 

 more closely punctured than in the female. A bunch of 

 long black hairs springing from just above the base of the 

 mandibles on each side and reaching more than halfway to 

 the middle of the margin of the clypeus. The two basal 

 tergites more closely punctured than the others ; seventh 

 tergite coarsely but sparsely punctured. 



Hub. Near Johannesburg, Transvaal {A. J. Cholmley); 



