246 Mr, R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 



narrowed anteriorly, rather shorter in the middle than the 

 breadth on the anterior margin, shallowly punctured, witli a 

 low median longitudinal carina, the punctures a little larger 

 than those on the head. Mesonotum shallowly and rather 

 closely punctured, the parapsidal furrows converging towards 

 the apex, scutellum almost smooth. ]\ledian segment a little 

 broader than long, almost vertically truncate posteriorly, the 

 face of the truncation smootli, with a low median carina 

 bordered by a crenulated groove on each side, separated by a 

 carina from the dorsal surface ; a carina on the dorsal surface 

 in the middle from the hase to the apex, with two carinte on 

 each .side distinctly converging towards the apex, the inter- 

 mediate spaces finely transversely striated, the lateral margins 

 also raised and foi'ming marginal carinae. Abdomen smooth, 

 the two basal segments shining; the apical segments very 

 minutely punctured, with a few black hairs. Radius not 

 much bent, reaching about halfway from the stigma to the 

 apex of the wing. 



Length 7 mm. 



Hah. Mt. Matang, Sarawak, 3000 feet ; December {G. E. 

 J^ryant). 



This is near ramicornis, Enderl., but differs in the greater 

 length of the lamellae of the antennas, in the shape of tiie 

 pronotum, the sculpture of the median segment, and in colour. 

 To this genus belongs Calyota rujiventris, KiefF., from 

 Queensland. Whether the antennal distinctions on which 

 Ei.d^rlein relies in founding his genus are sufficient to sepa^ 

 rate it from Calyoza is open to question. 



Family Scoliidae. 



Subfamily Elibi^'m, Turn. 



Genus Elis, Fab. 



Ell's (^Mesa) crassepunctata, sp. n. 



J . Niger : capita, antennis articulis 2 basalibus, prothoraee, tibiis 

 tarsisque anticis rufo-ferrugineis ; abdomiiie nigro, caeruleo- 

 iridescenti ; alis dimidio apicali i'lisco-violaceis. 



$ . Clypeus with a prominent carina from the base, not 

 reaching the ajiex. Front coarsely punctured, rugose, vertex 

 shining and rather sparsely punctured. Antennse short and 

 stout, scarcely as long as the thorax and median segment 

 combined, the prominence above the base of the antennas very 

 bioad and distinctly bilobed. Head slightly narrowed 

 behind the eyes, much broader than the pronotum, which is 



