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  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner 
  on 
  Fossorial 
  Ilymenoptera. 
  

  

  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  raised 
  into 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  ridge 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  ventral 
  segments 
  3-6 
  with 
  an 
  arched 
  carina 
  or 
  

   raised 
  space 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  apical 
  segment 
  tridentate 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  the 
  median 
  tooth 
  stouter 
  and 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  lateral. 
  Appendiculate 
  cell 
  not 
  very 
  distinct; 
  third 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  received 
  very 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   radial 
  cell 
  ; 
  second 
  cubital 
  cell 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  petiole, 
  very 
  

   broadly 
  triangular, 
  longer 
  on 
  the 
  cubitus 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  

   cubital 
  cell 
  ; 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  interstitial 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure. 
  

  

  Black; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  (except 
  at 
  the 
  apex), 
  clypeus, 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  transverse 
  line 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  an 
  

   interrupted 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  tegulae 
  and 
  a 
  spot 
  in 
  front 
  

   of 
  them, 
  a 
  large 
  vertical 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleurae, 
  post- 
  

   scutellum, 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  of 
  

   the 
  abdomen, 
  strongly 
  arcuate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  on 
  segments 
  4-6, 
  

   the 
  femora 
  (except 
  at 
  the 
  base) 
  , 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  and 
  the 
  ridge 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  ventral 
  

   segment 
  fusco-ferruginous. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  nervures 
  pale 
  

   testaceous. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  As 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  tubercles 
  

   or 
  ridges 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  abdominal 
  segments; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  

   area 
  is 
  smooth, 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  

   first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cell 
  

   near 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  and 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  2-4 
  are 
  marked 
  with 
  yellow. 
  The 
  two 
  

   basal 
  ventral 
  segments 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  bright 
  ferruginous. 
  

   Posterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  stained 
  with 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Quetta 
  {Nurse) 
  ; 
  May 
  and 
  June. 
  

  

  Near 
  P. 
  lepidus, 
  Klug, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  darker 
  ground- 
  

   colour 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  flatter 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  frontal 
  

   carina 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  groove, 
  and 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  smoother. 
  

   In 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  ridge 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  less 
  

   developed 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  differently 
  placed. 
  

   It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  less 
  robust 
  species. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  confiisas, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Very 
  near 
  P. 
  nursei, 
  but 
  differs 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   cj. 
  The 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  almost 
  transverse 
  ; 
  

   eyes 
  separated 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  by 
  a 
  distance 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum, 
  posterior 
  ocelli 
  almost 
  

  

  