Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 361 



intermingled. Petiole short, as long as the third joint of the 

 hind tarsi; abdomen subopaque. 



Hab. Tero Forest, S.E. Buddu, Uganda, 3800 ft. (S. A. 

 Neave), September 1911. 



This is a stoutly built species allied to bohemanni, Dahlb., 

 but differing in the pubescence of the median segment, pleurae, 

 and mesosternum. The wings are also much paler and only 

 faintly tinted with blue. 



Chlorion (Proterosphex) bohemanni, Dahlb. 



Sphex bohemanni, Dahlb. Hymen. Europ. i. p. 436 (1845). $ . 



Sphex kilimandjtwoensis, Cameron, Sjostedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru Ex- 



ped. ii. p. 262 (1910). $ tf. 

 Sphex transvaalensis, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii. p. 140 (1910). 



Hab. E. Africa, from Natal to Uganda ; Pretoria (Dis- 

 tant) ; Mlanje, Nyasaland {S. A. Neave), November to 

 March; Mt. Rungwe, near New Lfingenburg (S. A. Neave), 

 November ; Mt. Kokanjero, S.W. of Elgon, Uganda Pro- 

 tectorate (S. A. Neave), August. 



Chlorion (Proterosphex) schoutedeni, Kohl. 

 Sphex schoutedeni, Kohl, Rev. Zool. Afric. iii. p. 205 (1913). <$ . 



Hab. Mlanje, Nyasaland {S. A. Neave), March to June 

 1913. 



Chlorion (Harpactopus) tyrannns, Sm. 



Harpactopus tyrannns, Sin. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 264 (1856). $. 

 Sphex vagus, Rad. Journ. acad. sc. math. Lisboa, viii. p. 209 (1881). J . 



Philanthus ramahrishnce, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; capite maximo ; clypeo, orbitis dimidio inferior! latis- 

 sime, macula obliqua utrinque inter antennas, macula frontali 

 mediana, vertice macula parva utrinque, linea obliqua pone 

 oculos, pronoto postice, tegulas, mesopleuris maculis duabus, 

 scutello macula magna utrinque, segmento mediano macula 

 magna basali utrinque maculaque elongata apicali utrinque, 

 tergito primo fascia lata apicali interrupta, tergitis 2-5 fascia 

 angusta apicali, sternitis 2-4 macula transversa apicali utrinque, 

 coxis macula apicali, femoribus macula apicali, tibiis tarsisque 

 flavis ; alis hyalinis, leviter infuscatis, venis fuscis. 

 Long. 14 mm. 



? . Head very large, broader than the thorax ; clypeus 

 de flexed from the middle, the apical margin produced in the 

 Ann. <fc Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. i. 24 



