290 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera, 



Huh. Buamba Forest, Semliki Valley, Uganda Pro- 

 tectorate, 2300-2800 ft. (S. A. Neave), November L911. 



This has a strong superficial resemblance to Cyphonom/x 

 nigrita, Fabr.. which occurs in the same locality. 



Hemipepsis vestitipennis, sp. n. 



O. . Rufo-ferruginea, mesopleuris, sterno, coxis intermediis poaticia- 

 que, segmento mediano lateribus abdomineque nigris; Begmento 

 mediano supra fusco-ferrugineo ; abdomine segmentia duobus 

 apicalibus rufo-ferrugineia, tergito quinto basi nigro, tergito 

 quarto apice macula transversa utrinqlle rufo-ferruginea ; alia 

 dimidio basali flavis, pilia ruf o-f errugineia vestitis, dimidio apioali 

 fusco-violaceis. 



Long. 26 mm. 



$ . Clypeus widely and shallowly emarginate at the apex ; 

 the labrum broadly rounded, almost imperceptibly sinuate 

 at the apex. Second joint of the flagellum about half as 

 long again as the third, the latter about two and a half 

 times as long as its apical breadth. Eyes separated on the 

 vertex by a distance equal to the combined length of the 

 two basal joints of the flagellum. posterior ocelli as far from 

 each other as from the eyes. Pronotum feebly rounded 

 at the anterior angles, almost transverse in front ; post- 

 scutellum strongly convex, subtuberculate in the middle. 

 Median segment without lateral tubercles, distinctly convex, 

 much broader than long, abruptly truncate posteriorly; 

 transversely striated, the striae not very close, low and 

 rather obscure at the base, higher at the apex. Abdomen 

 shining, almost smooth, with a few scattered punctures on 

 the apical segments ; sixth tergite sparsely punctured, 

 sparsely clothed with black and fulvous hairs ; the trans- 

 verse groove of the second sternite situated near the base. 

 Radial cell very broadly truncate at the apex, the fourth 

 abscissa of the radius shorter than the second, the third as 

 long as the first and second combined ; second recurrent 

 nervure received at two-fifths from the base of the third 

 cubital cell ; submedian cell much longer than the median ; 

 cubitus of hind wing originating considerably before the 

 transverse median nervure. Spines of the hind tibia' 

 strong ; the serration distinct, but not strongly developed j 

 spines of the tarsi short ; the longest of the hind calcaria 

 much less than half as long as the hind metatarsus. Tarsal 

 ungues with two teeth. 



Hub. Bohotle, Somaliland (A. F. Appleton). 



