358 Mr. U. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymmoptera. 



Spilomena indostana, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; mandibulis, antennis, callis humGralibus, tegulis pedi- 

 busque pallide flavis ; alis hyalinis, venis testaceis, stigmate 

 fusco. 



Long. 3 mm. 



? . Mandibles bidentate at the apex, the inner tooth broad 

 and blunt ; clypeus very strongly convex in the middle. 

 Antennae inserted low down by the sides of the clypeus, the 

 scape fully half as long as the flagellmn, first joint of the 

 flagellum longer than broad, shorter than the second joint. 

 Eyes distinctly divergent towards the clj^peus, posterior 

 ocelli nearer to each other than to the eyes. Head broader 

 than the thorax, narrowed behind the eyes. Head and thorax 

 slightly shining, microscopically punctured, the pronotum 

 narrower than and below the level of the mesonotum. 

 Median segment coarsely and closely reticulate, with two 

 longitudinal carinse near the middle, the space between the 

 carina) transversely striated; the sides of the segment closely 

 obliquely striated, the apical slope granulate. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining. Recurrent nervure interstitial with the 

 first transverse cubital nervure; second cubital cell rectangular, 

 the radial and cubital margins distinctly longer than the 

 transverse cubital nervures. Stigma smaller and narrower 

 than in S. troglodytes, Lind. Legs unarmed. 



Hub. Bombay district (Dr. Leith). 



Differs from S. obliterata, Turn., in the sculpture of the 

 median segment, the colour of the nervures, and the presence 

 of the first transverse cubital nervure. 



Chlorion (Proterosphex) nyanzce, sp. n. 



<$ . Niger ; mandibulis in medio obscure fusco-ferrugineis ; seg- 

 mento mediano albido-kirsuto ; alis fusco-hyalinis, cseruleo 

 suffusis. 



2 • Mari simillima. 



Long., 6 19, 2 24 mm. 



$ . Clypeus convex, with a longitudinal carina from the 

 base to the middle ; covered with short silver pubescence, 

 intermingled with which arc long black hairs. Eyes dis- 

 tinctly converging towards the clypeus, separated on the 

 vertex by a distance about equal to the combined length of 

 the two basal joints of the flagellum plus half the length of 

 the third joint ; the posterior ocelli nearer to each other than 

 to the eyes. Pronotum short, not impressed in the middle, 



