296 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoplera. 



Genus Nomineia, Kieff. 

 Nomineia, Kieff. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, lxxx. p. 453 (1911). 



Typo, N. africana, Kieff. 



This genus may be distinguished by the long spines on the 

 cheeks, but is very close to Pristoceru anil Kaihepyris. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Recurrent nervure interstitial with the first 



transverse cubital nervure, well developed . . N. spiniyera, Turn. 

 Recurrent nervure received before the first 

 transverse cubital nervure, indistinct N.armaticeps, Turn. 



Nomineia spinigera, sp. n. 



o . Niger, albo-pilosus ; alis fusco-hyalinis ; genis infra acute fcuber- 

 culatis, pronoto antice ahgustato, margine antico anguste trun- 

 cate 

 Long. 12 - 5 mm. 



$ . Mandibles Ions;, strongly bent before the apex and 

 bidentate ; elypeus with a carina, head coarsely punctured, 

 somewhat broader than long, subrectangular, rounded at 

 the posterior angles, cheeks beneath with a stout and long 

 spine, which is touched by the point of the long mandibles 

 when they are closed. Pronotum strongly narrowed ante- 

 riorly, nearly as long as the mesonotuni, the anterior margin 

 short and transverse. Thorax strongly but rather sparsely 

 punctured, very sparsely on the dorsulum, the rnesopleune 

 rugose. Median segment with a distinct triangular basal 

 area occupying most of the dorsal surface, the base longi- 

 tudinally striated, the apical portion obliquely striated at the 

 sides, with a low longitudinal carina in the middle, on each 

 side of which are short transverse strite on an elongate-ovate 

 surface ; the segment is broader than long, rounded at 

 the posterror angles, and vertically truncate posteriorly. 

 Abdomen shining and almost smooth, with white hairs 

 on the sides. Neuration as in fuscipennis. Tarsal ungues 

 tridentate, the basal tooth obtuse. Recurrent nervure inter- 

 stitial with transverse cubital nervure. 



Hub. Simba, British East Africa, 3350 ft. ; April (S. A. 

 Neave). 



A genus easily distinguished by the spine on the cheeks 

 and the very long mandibles. 



Pristocerus rosmarus, Stadelm., is very near this species, 



