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



middle by a small semicircular depression, the basal portion 

 porrect, the apical portion strongly deflexed ; mandibles 

 bidentate at the apex, the upper tooth the longest. Thorax 

 minutely punctured, the notauli deep and finely crenulate ; 

 scutellum with a rather shallow, transverse, closely longitu- 

 dinally striated groove at the base. Median segment coarsely 

 rugose ; areola rather ill-defined, long and narrow; petiolar 

 area short. Abdomen elongate, narrow ; the three basal 

 segments longer than broad and punctured-rugulose ; the 

 first tergite longitudinally striated at the base, more than 

 three times as long as its apical breadth ; second tergite twice 

 as long as its apical breadth ; apical tergites shining, minutely 

 punctured. Neuration not differing from typical (Edemopsis. 



cJ . Antennas a little longer than the whole insect, with 

 two or three more joints than in the female, and without a 

 white ring. First tergite more coarsely striated than in the 

 female. Clypeus nearly flat, as long as the face, not divided 

 by a carina. 



Tlab. Eaglehawk Neck, S.E. Tasmania, February 1913 

 {Turner) ; 1 ? . Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, March"l2-21, 

 1913 {Turner) ;2^. 



This is the first record of this small genus from the Aus- 

 tralian region. I follow Thomson in placing the genus in 

 the Tryphoninse, though some authors consider that it is 

 better placed among the Pimplinse. Morley's amendment of 

 the generic name to CEdematopsis appears to me unnecessary. 



VII. — Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera. — XXXVIII. On 

 new Ethiopian Species. By Rowland E. Turner, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. 



Family Scoliidae. 



Subfamily Elidinm. 



Elis {Mesa) fusiformis, sp. n. 



cJ . Niger ; mandibulis apice fusco-ferrugineis ; segmento abdo- 

 minali septimo, tergitoque sexto apice ferrugineis ; femoribus, 

 tibiis tarsisque brunneo-ferrugineis ; tergitis 2-5 fascia apicali 

 bisinuata, sternitisque 2-4 macula parva apicali utrinque sordide 

 luteis ; alis hyalinis, venis fuscis. 



Long. 10 mm. 



