﻿480 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner 
  on 
  Fossoi-ial 
  Ilymenoptera. 
  

  

  leaves 
  the 
  genus 
  unclassified, 
  though 
  associating 
  it 
  provision- 
  

   ally 
  with 
  the 
  Larridse. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Palrearctic 
  and 
  Ethiopian 
  

   Regions, 
  only 
  one 
  species 
  having 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  

   India 
  really 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Oriental 
  Region, 
  though 
  seven 
  

   must 
  now 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  British 
  India. 
  The 
  

   collections 
  of 
  Colonel 
  Nurse 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Comber 
  are 
  particularly 
  

   interesting, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  Quetta 
  is 
  mainly 
  

   Palaearctic, 
  while 
  at 
  Karachi 
  and 
  Deesa 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  

   Palsearctic 
  element 
  in 
  a 
  fauna 
  that 
  is 
  mainly 
  Indian, 
  the 
  

   country 
  between 
  the 
  Rajputana 
  desert 
  and 
  the 
  passes 
  into 
  

   Beluchistan 
  being 
  a 
  borderland 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  regions. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  vartegatus, 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  Tiphia 
  variegata, 
  Fabr. 
  Spec. 
  Insect, 
  p. 
  451 
  (1781). 
  5 
  . 
  

   Crabrojlavipes, 
  Fabr. 
  Spec. 
  Insect, 
  p. 
  470 
  (1781). 
  

   Palarus 
  Jlavipes, 
  Latr. 
  Gen. 
  Crust. 
  & 
  Insect, 
  i. 
  (1806). 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  have 
  previously 
  pointed 
  out, 
  the 
  name 
  variegatus 
  

   should 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  fortistriolatus, 
  Cam. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  forlistriolatus, 
  Cam. 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (7) 
  xx. 
  p. 
  91 
  

   (1907). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  P. 
  spinohe, 
  Sauss., 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  

   pleurae 
  more 
  closely 
  punctured. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  tubercle 
  or 
  

   lateral 
  spine 
  on 
  the 
  sixth 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  indicus, 
  Nurse. 
  

   Palarus 
  indicus, 
  Nurse, 
  Journ. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  xv. 
  p. 
  4 
  (1903). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  geographical 
  race 
  of 
  P. 
  dongalenkis, 
  

   Klug, 
  and 
  is 
  somewhat 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  typical 
  

   form 
  and 
  P. 
  aurantiacus, 
  Rad. 
  Females 
  from 
  Karachi 
  (ex 
  

   coll. 
  Comber) 
  have 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   as 
  in 
  Klug's 
  figure, 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  black, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  

   ferruginous 
  line 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  wings 
  flavo-hyaline 
  at 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Otherwise 
  the 
  specimens 
  answer 
  well 
  to 
  Radosz- 
  

   kowski's 
  description. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  funerarius, 
  Moraw. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  funerarius, 
  Moraw. 
  Hor. 
  Soc. 
  ent. 
  Ross, 
  xxiii. 
  p. 
  136 
  (1889). 
  ' 
  

   Palarus 
  quiescens, 
  Nurse, 
  Journ. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  xv. 
  p. 
  5 
  

   (1903). 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Deesa 
  (Nurse) 
  ; 
  Karachi 
  (Comber) 
  ; 
  Mongolia 
  

   (Moraioitz). 
  

  

  