Mr. II. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 91 



The tarsal ungues of the male have two teeth — not one 

 only, as stated by Bingham. 



Sphesc haimatosoma, Kohl. 



Ammophila haimatosoma, 'Kohl, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiii. 



p. 383 (1883). $. 



Specimens of this species were taken at Karachi by 

 Mr. Comber. They are very highly coloured, being without 

 black on the head and thorax, and with the blue colour of 

 the apical abdominal segments more strongly developed; 

 the wings are of a deep yellow 7 . S. basalts, Sin., which also 

 occurs at Karachi is very near this species, but has the 

 mesonotum much more strongly striated and is very different 

 in colour. 



Spheoc punctata, Sm. 

 Ammophila punctata, Sin. Cat. Hyro. B.M. iv. p. 218 (1856). $. 



I cannot see that this differs specifically from S. sabulosa, 

 Linn., though the red on the abdomen is more extensive. 

 This form occurs at Gyangtse in Tibet in June. 



Subfamily Philahtkinm. 



Cerceris spinipleuris , nom. n. 



Cerceris varipes, Sm. Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. (4) xii. p. 413 (1873). $ . 

 (Nee Smith, 1858). 



This Australian species is quite distinct from the species, 

 described by Smith from Celebes in 1858 as C. varipes, so 

 a new name is necessary. 



Cerceris 7/alensis, Turn. 



Cerceris yaletisis, Turn. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 745, 1912 (1913)» 

 $ (nee tf). 



The female is the type of the species. The male described 

 with it does not belong to it, but to C. cratocepha/a, Cam. 



Subfamily Stizinm. 



Stizus persimilis, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; clypeo, labrte^mandibulis, palpis, antennis, pronoto 



