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  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner 
  on 
  Fossorial 
  Ilymenoptera. 
  

  

  Elis 
  varicolor, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  Nigra, 
  nitida, 
  sparsissime 
  punctata, 
  capite 
  pallida 
  ferrugineo 
  ; 
  

   prothorace, 
  macula 
  magna 
  mesouoti, 
  tegulis, 
  macula 
  scutelli, 
  linea 
  

   postscutelli, 
  macula 
  magna 
  mesopleurarum, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  anticis 
  

   aurantiacis; 
  maculis 
  lateralibus 
  segmentorum 
  abdominis 
  (sexto 
  

   excepto) 
  flavis 
  ; 
  alis 
  subhyaliuis, 
  venis 
  fuscis. 
  

   Long. 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  shining, 
  deeply 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Head 
  

   shining, 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  ocellar 
  region 
  smooth, 
  front 
  closely 
  

   punctured, 
  prominent 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  and 
  

   divided 
  by 
  a 
  short, 
  shallow, 
  longitudinal 
  sulcus. 
  Scape 
  

   shining, 
  very 
  sparsely 
  punctured. 
  Pronotum 
  and 
  meso- 
  

   pleune 
  coarsely 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  

   scutellum 
  very 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  median 
  segment 
  almost 
  

   smooth, 
  with 
  a 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  space 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  apical 
  margin, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  indistinctly 
  

   obliquely 
  striated. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  

   punctures 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  finely 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  striated 
  Radial 
  cell 
  very 
  narrowly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  the 
  second 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  nearly 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  

   again 
  as 
  the 
  third, 
  cubitus 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  interstitial 
  with 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  median 
  nervure. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  pale 
  ferruginous 
  red 
  ; 
  pronotum, 
  a 
  large 
  

   spot 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  postscutellum, 
  the 
  tegulae, 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  on 
  

   the 
  mesopleurse, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  and 
  femora 
  orange 
  ; 
  a 
  

   large 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  1-5 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   calcaria 
  whitish. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow, 
  

   nervures 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brazil 
  (Sello). 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Elis 
  frontalis, 
  Burm. 
  

   Plesia 
  frontalis, 
  Burm. 
  Stett. 
  ent. 
  Zeit. 
  xxxvii. 
  p. 
  177 
  (1870). 
  

   Hab. 
  Cordova 
  (Burmeister) 
  • 
  Salta 
  (Steinbach). 
  

  

  Elis 
  ephippium, 
  Fabr. 
  

   Tiphia 
  ephippium, 
  Fabr. 
  Ent. 
  Syst. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  228 
  (1793). 
  

   Hab. 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  ; 
  St. 
  Thomas 
  ; 
  St. 
  John 
  (Berlin 
  Museum) 
  . 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Tiphiin.v. 
  

   Epomidiopteron 
  elegantulum, 
  Sm. 
  

  

  Epomidiopteron 
  chgantulum, 
  Sm. 
  Journal 
  of 
  Eutomologv, 
  i. 
  p. 
  7i) 
  

   (1800). 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  some 
  confusion 
  about 
  this 
  name, 
  the 
  specimen 
  

  

  