^h. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Tlymenoptera. 341 



ITuh. Ti-ansvaal and as far north as N3'-asaland. 

 There seems to be some variation in the development of 

 the spine on the sides of the median segment. 



Paranysson melanopiirus, Sni. 

 Uelioryctes melanopyrus, Sm. Cat. Ilym. B.M. iv. p. 359 (1856). $. 



$. Nigra; mandibuHs basi, teguHs, abdomine, femoribus, tibiis 



tarsisque ferriigiiieis ; alls fuscis. 

 Long. 8- 10 mm, 



? . Clypeus with two very minute teeth on each side. 

 Second joint of the flagellum very little longer tlian the 

 third, the apical joint no longer than the penultimate. Poste- 

 rior ocelli about half as far again from each other as from 

 the eyes. Median segment striate-reticulate, the enclosed 

 area longer and more nearly semicircular than in other 

 species. JSpur of the hind co.\?e originating much further 

 from the apex than in ahdomiiiaie, not far from the middle of 

 the inner margin. Third abscissa of the radius scarcely as 

 long as the second ; cubitus of the hind wing originating at 

 a distance from the transverse raediaii nervure equal to nearly 

 two and a half times the length of that nervure. A tubercle 

 on each side of the median segment. 



IJab, Gambia {jSmif/i) ; Sierra Leone ; Ojogbo, S. Nigeria 

 {J. J. Simpson) ; Eastern Mbale district,, S. of Mt, Elgoii, 

 Uganda (S. A. Xeave). 



The male is similar to the female, but, as in other species, 

 the spine on the hind coxa3 is not developed, 



Paranysson oscari, sp. n, 



2 . Nigra ; mandibulis basi, tegulis, abdomine, femoribus, tibiis 



tarsisque rufo-ferrugineis ; alis fusco-violaceis. 

 Long. 8 mm, 



? . Clypeus with two small teeth on each side ; second 

 joint of the flagellum short, but longer by about one-third 

 than the third joint, apical joint distinctly longer than the 

 penultimate. Posterior ocelli a little further from each other 

 than from the eyes. Median segment w^ith the enclosed area 

 longitudinally striated, not reticulate, short and broad, the 

 apex of the enclosed area broadly rounded and distinctly 

 depressed below the dorsal surface towards the posterior slope, 

 which is finely transversely striated and without lateral 

 spines or tubercles. Spine of the hind coxa originating near 

 the middle of the inner margin, not at the apex. Third 

 Ann. ct- Mag. xV. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xiv. 23 



