﻿Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner 
  on 
  Fossorial 
  Ilymenoplera. 
  483 
  

  

  round, 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  more 
  closely 
  and 
  distinctly 
  

   punctured, 
  the 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  broader 
  

   anteriorly, 
  abdomen 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  instead 
  of 
  

   almost 
  smooth; 
  the 
  ridge 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  ventral 
  

   segment 
  only 
  slightly 
  developed 
  ; 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   received 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cell. 
  The 
  yellow- 
  

   bands 
  are 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  

   being 
  replaced 
  on 
  the 
  others 
  by 
  fusco-ferruginous. 
  The 
  

   wings 
  are 
  very 
  faintly 
  tinged 
  with 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Differs 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  near 
  

   together 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  nursei 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   has 
  a 
  large 
  yellow 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  area 
  has 
  a 
  low 
  longitudinal 
  carina 
  and 
  is 
  sparsely 
  

   but 
  deeply 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Length, 
  $ 
  8, 
  ? 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Algeria 
  {Eaton), 
  June 
  1893 
  ; 
  <$ 
  ? 
  . 
  Aine 
  Kriar, 
  

   June 
  1896 
  ; 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Ex 
  coll. 
  E. 
  Saunders, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  confused 
  with 
  

   P. 
  lepidus, 
  Klug, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  by 
  the 
  frontal 
  cha- 
  

   racters, 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  and 
  

   otherwise. 
  The 
  male 
  is 
  of 
  slender 
  build, 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  nursei, 
  

   but 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  robust, 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  lepidus. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  is 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  orientalis, 
  Kohl. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  orientalis, 
  Kohl, 
  Verh. 
  zool.-bot. 
  Ges. 
  Wien, 
  xxxiv. 
  p. 
  422 
  

  

  (1884). 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Ceylon 
  (Kohl) 
  ; 
  Deesa 
  {Nurse). 
  

  

  Two 
  males 
  and 
  one 
  female 
  taken 
  at 
  Deesa 
  by 
  Colonel 
  

   Nurse 
  (March 
  and 
  April). 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  colour. 
  The 
  

   pygidial 
  area 
  is 
  black, 
  strongly 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  broad 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  rather 
  sharply 
  narrowed 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  

   produced 
  into 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Palarus 
  comberi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  Niger 
  ; 
  clypeo, 
  mandibulis 
  (apice 
  excepto), 
  tegulis, 
  macula 
  

   mesopleurarum, 
  fasciisque 
  interruptis 
  segmentorum 
  1-6 
  pallida 
  

   flavis 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  flavo-variegatis 
  ; 
  alis 
  sordide 
  hyalinis, 
  nervulia 
  

   testaceis. 
  Pygidium 
  inerme. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Mandibles 
  with 
  a 
  notch 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  near 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  very 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  slightly 
  

  

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