Mi. R. E. Turner 07i Fossorial IJymenoptera. 251 



Chlorion [Isodontia) maia, Bingh. 



Sphe-x maia, TJingh. Jonrn. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. p. 379 (1893). 

 Uphex mahiyanus, Cam, Journ. Straits Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc. xxxvii. 

 p. 134 (1902). 



The localities in the British Museum collection ranoe from 

 Borneo to iSikkim. 



Subfamily Gosytinje. 

 Gorytes ccerulescens, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, ubique dense punctata ; segmento raediano striato- 

 reticulato ; abdomine obscure cserulescenti ; alis pallida fusco- 

 hyalinis. 



? . Mandibles broad, tridentate. Clypeus broad, the 

 apical margin transverse. Second joint of the flagellum 

 equal in length to the third ; the antennse in.serted further 

 from each other than from the eyes. Head finely and rather 

 closely punctured, front and clypeus covered with white 

 pubescence, the inner margins of the eyes parallel. Posterior 

 ocelli much further from each other than from the anterior, a 

 little further from each other than from the eyes. The an- 

 tennje are not thickened towards the apex. Pronotum sunk 

 a little below the level of the mesonotum, almost vertical. 

 Thorax rugosely punctured, mesopleurje longitudinally 

 striated, not separated by a carina from the mesosternum. 

 Median segment about as long as the scutellum, the basal 

 area coarsely longitudinally striated, the dor.*al surface outside 

 the basal area coarsely obliquely striate-reticulate, the seg- 

 ment rather abruptly truncate posteriorly, the surface of the 

 truncation slightly concave and irregularly rugose-stiiate ; 

 the sides of the segment indistinctly striated. Abdomen 

 subsessile, the basal segment only twu-thirds of the length of 

 the second, only sligiitly narrowed to the base, much broader 

 than long ; the second segment angular at the base beneath, 

 about twice as broad as long; pygidial area narrowly 

 triangular, almost smooth, with a median longitudinal carina; 

 tiie whole abdomen closely and finely punctured, with spar.se 

 white pubescence. Second abscissa of the radius a little 

 longer than the third; both recurrent nervures received by 

 the second cubital cell, the first at two-fifths from the base, 

 the second close to the apex. Cubitus of the hind wing 

 originating far beyond the apex of the anal cell. Hind 

 tibiae smooth. 



Length 12 mm. 



JJub. Kaudy, Ceylon; November (0. S. Wickicar). 



