6G Ml". F. D. Morice on new or doubtful 



2. PtiamniophUa micipsa, sp. n. 



Nigra, abdomine hand cyaneo, alis riolaceis ; unguiculis rufis, hir- 

 sutie nigra vol fusca. Sculptura praicedenti fere similis, sed 

 punctis minus erassis, propodei striis magis obliquis, petiolo multo 

 longiore, antennarum articulis 2 + rj + 4. vel metatarso postico, 

 subaequali. 



Long. ] 5-] 7 mill. 



Biskra {Eaton). Two females (7-24 iii. '97). 

 In general appearance like the lasr, but with much longer 

 petiole and perfectly black abdomen. 



3. Psamniojjht'la giilussa, sp. n. 



Bieolor, alarum leniter flavescentium veuis aurantiacis ; mandibulis, 

 tegulis, armatura pedum, et abdominis segmentis basalibus 3 vel 

 4 post petiolura (in J obscure) plus mimisve rufescentibus. 

 Pecten tarsalis ( $ ) pallidns, Mas nigro-hirtus, facie et dorso 

 abdominis antice argenteo-tomentosis ; 2 albo-hirta, facie bumeris 

 pleuris coxisque tomento argenteo denso ornatis. Mesonotum 

 dense punetulatum, in $ leniter transverse rugulosura. Propo- 

 deum oblique subtilitcr striatum. Petiolus in utroque sexu 

 metatarso postico vel antennarum articulis 2 -{-.3 + 4 + 5 distincte 

 . longior. 



Long. 20-22 mill. 



Biskra (Eaton). One male (80 iii. '97), one female (31 



111. 



'97^ 



The petiole in tliis species is fully as long as in ti/dei. 

 The male and female were taken in the same spot on two 

 following daj's, and I feel sure they belong to one another. 



Group Parapsammophila, Tascheuberg. 



4. Parapsammophila monilicornis, sp. n. 



Nigra, alarum leniter flavescentium venis ochraceis, costa subcosta 

 tegulisqne in medio brunneis ; mandibulis in medio, antennarum, 

 femorum tibiarumque basibus, pedum armatura, abdominisque 

 ecgmento j»rimo, obscure plus minusve rufescentibus. Caput 

 thoraxque mediocriler pallidc-pilosa, facies sub pilis argenteo- 

 pubescens. Clypeus ante apicera gibbose prominens, carina me- 

 diana longitudinali instructus. Facies quam in A. armata, Illiger, 

 angustior, quam in A . divite, Brulle, multo latior. Oculi ad clypeum 

 pauUulum convergentes. Petiolus metatarso postico suba?qualis, 

 reliquum abdomen pro longitudine latum, piriforme. Pronotum 

 collariforme (i. e. paene usque a basi antice perpendiculariter 

 declive). Mesonotum breve, antice fortiter declive. Scutellum et 

 postscutellum alte convesa. Caput et pronotum punctata ; meso- 



