394 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 
longitudinal median groove, the dorsal surface rather finely 
obliquely striated ; the oblique posterior slope finely trans- 
versely striated, with a deep median groove ; the sides of the 
segment closely vertically striated. Petiole not quite as long 
as hind coxa, trochanter, and femur combined. ‘Tarsal 
ungues with a small median tooth, the pulvillus large. 
Second abscissa of the radius at least as long as the first and 
third combined ; first recurrent nervure received close to the 
middle of the second cubital cell, second at about one-eighth 
from the apex of the same cell. 
Hab. British East Africa, Ngare Narok, Masai Reserve, 
6000 ft. (A. O. Luckman), December 31, 1913, 6 2 9; 
Mogorr River (A. O. Luckman); Nandi Plateau, 5700- 
6200 ft. (S. A. Neave), May 30-June 4, 1911; Uganda, 
Tero Forest (S. A. Neave), Sept. 26-30, 1911. 
This is a larger species than S. quartine, Grib., with 
differently coloured pubescence and fore legs; the apical 
third, or in some specimens half, of the petiole is black ; it 
is a smaller species than S. spirifex, Linn., differing also im 
the colour of the legs, petiole, and wings, and in the much 
greater length of the second abscissa of the radius. 
Sceliphron ecklonit, Dahlb. 
Pelopeus eckloni, Dahlb. Hymen. Eur, i. p. 434 (1845). 
Pelopeeus clypeatus, Fairmaire, Arch. Entom, ii. p. 264 (1858). 
Probably identical with S. spinola, Lep., as suggested by 
Gribodo, but I have not seen Indian specimens, - 
Genus SPHEX (Ammophila, auct.). 
Sphex tenuis, Pal. Beauv. 
Sphex tenuis, Pal. Beauv. Insect. rec, en Afriq. & Amer. p.48, Hymén. 
(1887). 3. . 
Ammophila guineensis, Ritsema, Tijdschr. vy. Entom. xvii. p. 192 
(1874). 2. 
Ammophila maculifrons, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii. p, 134 
(1910). 2. 
Ammophila ceruleornata, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii. p. 135 
(1910). ¢. 
Sphex beniniensis, Pal. Beauv. 
Sphex Beniniensis, Pal. Beauv. Insect. rec. en Afriq. & Amer. p. 48, 
Hymén. (1887). 3. 
Ammophila cyaniventris, Guér. Mag. de Zool. xiii. P. 114, p. 9 
(1843). ¢. 
Ammophila (Parapsammophila) lugubris, Gerst. Monatsber. Akad. 
Wiss. Berlin, p. 510 (1857). 2 o. 
Ammophila lugubris, Gerstaecker, Peters, Reise u. Mossambique, 
Zool. v. p. 480 (1862). 
