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  K. 
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  Fossorial 
  Ilymenoptera. 
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  dorsal 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  and 
  on 
  ventral 
  segments 
  2-7, 
  

   often 
  enclosing 
  a 
  brown 
  spot 
  on 
  each, 
  side 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments, 
  yellow; 
  legs 
  light 
  ferruginous 
  marked 
  with 
  

   yellow. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  nervnres 
  black, 
  the 
  stigma 
  pale 
  

   ferruginous. 
  

  

  Length 
  11-16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Mogador, 
  S.W. 
  Morocco 
  (Escalera). 
  March. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  pointed 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  seventh 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  this 
  

   species 
  resembles 
  lacteipennis, 
  E. 
  Saund., 
  from 
  Algeria. 
  

   From 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  capture 
  and 
  the 
  locality 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  probably 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  Pseudomelia 
  dakarensis, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  unjustifiable 
  to 
  place 
  them 
  together 
  without 
  more 
  con- 
  

   clusive 
  evidence. 
  In 
  some 
  specimens 
  the 
  third 
  abscissa 
  of 
  

   the 
  radius 
  is 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  

   neuration 
  in 
  Myzine 
  cannot 
  be 
  relied 
  upon 
  for 
  specific 
  

   characters, 
  slight 
  differences 
  often 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  different 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  specimen. 
  1 
  do 
  not 
  look 
  on 
  Pseudomelia 
  

   as 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  subgeneric 
  importance. 
  

  

  Myzine 
  oraniensis, 
  Luc. 
  

   Myzine 
  oraniensis, 
  Luc. 
  Explor. 
  sc. 
  Algerie, 
  Zool. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  284 
  (1846). 
  J. 
  

   Hab. 
  Morocco 
  City 
  [Escalera). 
  April, 
  1 
  <$ 
  , 
  

   The 
  specimen 
  differs 
  from 
  an 
  Algerian 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   clvpeus, 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  distinct, 
  

   and 
  the 
  third 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  more 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  second, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  anterior 
  wing. 
  

  

  Myzine 
  fasciculata, 
  E. 
  Saund. 
  

  

  Myzine 
  fasciculata, 
  E. 
  Saund. 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  p. 
  533 
  

   (1901). 
  6. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  from 
  Morocco 
  City 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  

   having 
  the 
  antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   only 
  yellow, 
  a 
  yellow 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  above 
  the 
  antennas, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  seventh 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  narrowly 
  

   margined 
  with 
  yellow, 
  the 
  radial 
  cell 
  shorter 
  and 
  the 
  stigma 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  broader 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  colour, 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   large 
  yellow 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleurre. 
  

  

  These 
  probably 
  represent 
  a 
  subspecies, 
  but 
  longer 
  series 
  

   of 
  both 
  forms 
  are 
  required 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  opposite 
  sex. 
  

  

  Elis 
  (Mesa) 
  ruficeps, 
  Sin. 
  

   Myzine 
  vufiecps, 
  Sua. 
  Cat. 
  Hym. 
  B. 
  M. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  75 
  (1855). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  several 
  subspecies, 
  

  

  