438 Mr. 1\, E. Tunier on Fossorial IJymenoptera. 



exceed one-eiglitli of the lengtli of tliat joint. The male la 

 very different from fuUginosus, and tliough it differs much 

 from the female, the sexual dimorphism is not as marked as 

 in that species. 



Batozoiius gowdeyi, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; mandibulis fusco-ferrugijieis ; femoribus, tibiis tarsisque 



ferrugineis ; alls nigro-cyeruleia. 

 S • Niger ; mandibulis, clypco, fronte, orbitis posticis, femoribus, 



tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis ; tiagcUo subtus f usco-ferrugineo ; 



pronoto margine posteriore fascia obliqua utriuque llava ; alia 



fusco-purpureis. 

 Long., $ 15-17 mm., S 13-15 mm. 



? . EKce])t in colour this species strongly resembles 

 B. separalnlis, but has the scutellum more strongly com- 

 pressed, without a flat dorsal surface, and distinctly longi- 

 tudinally carinate in the middle ; the clypeus is transverse at 

 the apex ; the labrum without a sulcus and very narrowly 

 notched in the middle ; the two apical dorsal segments more 

 finely punctured. 



cJ . Tiie differences between this and the male of separa- 

 bilis are mostly in colour, but the scutellum is much more 

 strongly compressed in govcdeyi. 



IJab. Uganda, Mabira Forest, July {C. G. GowSey)', 

 Tero Forest, July (C. G. Gowdey) ; Tero Forest, 3800 ft., 

 8epten)ber [S. A. JSleave) ; Bugoma Forest, Unyoro, 3700 ft., 

 December (6'. A. Neave). 



A single specimen labelled " West Africa" from F. Smith's 

 collection. 



This is very near separabilis, and will doubtless prove to 

 be the western representative of that species; but the diffe- 

 rence in the form of the scutellum seems to be a sufficient 

 specific distinction. 



Batozonus capensis, Dahlb. 



Pompilus capensis, Dahlb. Hymen. Europ. i. p. 49 (1843). $, 

 Pompilus vindex, Sni. Descr. New Species Hymen, p. 144 (1879). $. 

 Pompilus micyloneurus, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mas. ii. p. 123 (1910). 



A variety of the female from Magadi Junction, British 

 East Africa, has the wings fuscous flushed with blue. The 

 male from the same locality is normal. 



