A'.\6 ^Ir. J\. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilt/tnenoptera. 



Key to the Ethiopian Sj)ecies of Batozonus. 



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1. Cnbitiis of hind winp: originating at a 



distance before the transverse median 

 norvure equal to more than lialf of the 



length of the third joint of the Hagellura. B.fuUguwsus, Klug. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating at a 

 distance before the transverse median 

 nervure scarcely exceeding one-eighth 

 of the length of the third joint of the 

 flagellum 2. 



2. Wings yellow, with a broad fuscous or 



fusco-violaceous apical margin B. cnpensis, Dahlb. 



Wings black flushed with blue 3. 



3. Legs bright fnlvo-ferruginous 4. 



Ijegs black, fore legs sometimes partly 



fusco-ferruginous ' B, separalnlis, Turn. 



4. Pronotum and scutellum yellow />'. cnpensis, Dahlb., var. 



Thorax entirely black B. goivdvyi, Turn. 



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1. Cubitus of the hind wing originating at 



a distance before the transverse median 

 nervure equal to more than half of the 



length of the third joint of the flagellum. B.fuligino»U8, Klug. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating at 

 ■a distance before the transverse median 

 nervure never exceeding one-third of the 

 length of the third joint of the flagellum. 2. 



2. Wings flavo-hyaline, with a fuscous mar- 



gin ; irontal carina not strongly raised; 



clypeus Avith a median carina only J9. capensis, Dahlb. 



"Wings fuscous flushed with blue; frontal 

 carina very high and sharp ; clypeus with 

 an oblique carina on each side from near 

 the base 3. 



3. Legs fulvo-ferruginous ; dorsal surface of 



scutellum convex B. gowdeyi, Turn. 



Legs black, fore legs only ferruginous; 

 dorsal surface of scutellum flat B, separabilis, Tura. 



Batozonus separahilit, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; tnandibulis, clypeo, fronte parte inferiore, scape, tibiis 

 anticis, femoribus anticis apice, tarsisque anticis basi fusco-ferru- 

 gineis ; flagello, articulis tribus apicalibus exceptis, fiJvo ; alls 

 nigro-caeruleis. 



6. iS'iger; capite, pronoto, mesonoto, tegulis, scutello pedibusque 

 anticis sordide ferrugineis ; flagello supra infuscato ; alis fusco- 

 caeruleis, cellulis apicali discoidalique secunda subhyalinis. 



Long,, $ 17-]9mm., 6 13-14 mm. 



Var. 2 • Pedibus anticis fere omnino nigris. 



Yar. 6 • Scutello nigro. 



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