Mr. II. E. Turner on Fossorial IJijmenoptera, 297 



Hah. 30 miles from Magadi Jmiction, Biitioli East Africa 

 {F. G. Hamilton), At^yW. 



This is larger than other Ethiopian species known to me, 

 and may also be distinguished bv the very different colouring 

 of the wings and abdomen. 



Subfamily Nitelinje. 



Miscoplius rhodesianuSj sp. n. 



2 . jN'igra ; mandibulis basi, tibiis, tarsis, femoribas posticis, ferao- 

 ribusque intermediis subtus t'errugineis ; alis hyaliuis, anticis 

 tertio apicali int'umatis, venis nigris ; abdomine parum cyaueo 

 micante ; froute pills chalceis sparsis ; tegulis testaceis. 



c5 . Femina3 similis ; femoribus uigris ; tibiis tarsisque f usco- 

 ferrugineis. 



Long., 2 4-6, 6 -i mm. 



? . Anterior margin of the clypeiis smooth and shining, 

 slightly porrect. Head opaque, coriaceous, with scattered, 

 short, almost scale-like hairs ; the eyes almost parallel. 

 Thorax and median segment very finely rugose ; a carina 

 from the base of the median segment not reacliing the apex, 

 the posterior slope of the segment with a median sulcus. 

 Pubescence of the thorax and median segment short and very 

 sparse. Abdomen very finely and closely punctured. Tarsal 

 comb long and black ; the spines distinctly spatulate ; calcaria 

 black. The fuscous cloud on the fore wing commences in the 

 second cubital cell, becoming gradually paler towards the 

 apex of the wing. 



(^ . The tarsal comb is much reduced in length. 



Hab. Bulawayo, Rhodesia (6^. Arnold), June. 



This is a stoutly built species, nearly allied to kriech- 

 haumeri, Brauns, and oraniensis, Brauns, differing from tlie 

 former in the parallel iimer orbits and in colour, from the 

 latter in the much sparser pubescence and in the ticulpture of 

 the thorax. 



Miscophus ci/anescens, sp. n. 



cJ . Niger, gracilis ; segmentis dorsalibiis chalybeo micautibus ; 



tarsis fusco-ferrugineis ; alis hyaliuis, venis nigris. 

 Long. 5 mm. 



(J . Eyes distinctly convergent towards the vertex ; an- 

 tennas rather stout. Head coriaceous, with very delicate 

 sericeous white pubescence on the lower part of the front. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xx. 20 



