352 Mr. E. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 



Braunsomeria arnoldi, ap. n. 



2 . Eufo-tcstacea ; abdoinine nigro ; segmeiitis abdominalibus 



primo dimidio basali sextoque fere to to rufo-testaceis. 

 Long. 6 mm. 



$ . Head subrectangular, nearly as broad as long^ shining, 

 and very sparsely punctured ; eyes very small, situated close 

 to the base of the mandibles. Thorax and median segment 

 shining, the thorax almost smooth, the median segment 

 sparsely and finely punctured. Pronotum subrectangular, 

 distinctly broader than long ; scutellum fully half as long as 

 the median segment, narrowed posteriorly; median segment 

 shorter than the pronotum, slightly broadened posteriorly. 

 Sides of the thorax and median segment sparsely clothed 

 with long fulvous hairs. Abdomen shining, very closely 

 microscopically punctured ; the apical tergite almost pointed. 



Mob. Bembesi, S. Rhodesia [G. Arnold), January. 



In the small eyes this resembles af?'/*?^^:*;?, Turn., but differs 

 in the colour of the head and in the much broader median 

 segment. The eyes in quadraticeps are much larger, and the 

 punctures of the median segment much larger and sparser. 



Elis {Alesa) diversioornis, sp. n. 



tS . Iviger, albo-pilosus ; maudibulis, apice excepto, clypeoque 

 flavis; scapo "tlagelloque articulis duobus basahbus I'errugineis ; 

 alls hyalinis, veuis uigris. 



Long. 15 mm. 



(J. Clypeus broad, truncate at the apex; head coarsely 

 and closely punctured, more finely on the vertex than on the 

 front, the prominence above the base of the antennee strongly 

 raised, transverse, and yellow- at the apex ; eyes widely 

 emarginate. Thorax finely and closely punctured ; the pro- 

 notum shorter than the mesonotum, the anterior margin 

 straight ; mesopleurai more coarsely punctured ; median 

 segment rugose. Abdomen shallowly and closely punctured ; 

 the first segment as long as the second and third combined, 

 the petiole less than half as long as the swollen apical portion, 

 which has almost parallel sides and is very slightly con- 

 stricted at the apex. Seventh tergite with large sparse 

 punctures, the apical emargination very small and shallow. 

 The abdomen has obscure blue reflexions both above and 

 below. Third abscissa of the radius a little longer than the 

 second; first recurrent uervure received just beyond the 



