Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 287 



which is half as long again as the third, the flagellum 

 thickened towards the apex. Thorax finely and very closely 

 punctured, clothed with short greyish pubescence ; abdomen 

 more sparsely punctured. Hind calcaria broad, blunt at the 

 apex, as long as the second and third joints of the hind 

 tarsus combined. Second abscissa of the radius very short, 

 about one-quarter of the length of the first transverse 

 cubital nervure, and a little shorter than the distance 

 between the two recurrent neivures on the cubitus, the 

 second "recurrent nervure received as near to the first as 

 to the apex of the second cubital cell. The abdomen is 

 not much broadened to the base, much less so than in 

 grandidieri. 



Hab. Ambirisao, N. Rhodesia; October (F. V. Bruce 

 Miller). 



In the shape and markings of the ab lomen this species 

 approaches the S. American S.spectabilis, Tasch. The form 

 of the clypeus is near S. grandidieri, Sauss., from which it 

 differs much in colour, in the more slender form, in the less 

 dilated hind calcaria, and in details of neuration. 



Subfamily Amvactinm. 



Ammatomus spiniferus, Buyss. 



Gorytes spiniferus, Buyss. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, p. 359 (1897). $ . 

 Ammatomus africanus, Turn. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) x. p. 374 



(1912). $. 



Arpaclus (Hoplisoides) murshalU, sp. n. 



S . Ferrugineus ; mahdibulis, clypeo, orbitis internis, scapo subtus, 

 pronoto, scutello dimidio apieali, seginento dorsali primo fascia 

 lata apieali lateribus dilatata, quarto fascia apieali, secundo 

 tertioque fascia angustissima apieali flavis ; alis hyalinis, area 

 radiali infuscata, stigmate testaceo, venis nigris. 

 Long. 9 mm. 



<y . Clypeus broad, transverse at the apex, labrum 

 shallowly emarginate in the middle ; eyes slightly con- 

 vergent towards the clypeus, posterior ocelli almost twice as 

 'far from each other as from the eyes. Second joint of the 

 flagellum longer than broad, joints 3-10 as broad as long, or 

 broader; a distinct sulcus from the anterior ocellus to the 

 base of the antennae. Head finely and not very closely 

 punctured, thorax and abdomen with larger punctures, pro- 

 notuni and first dorsal segment shining and almost smooth, 

 the triangular basal area of the median segment rather 

 coarsely obliquely striate. Mcsonotum broad and robust : 



