2C)G ]\Ir. R. E. Turner on Fossorud ilymenoptera. 



to llie maririn of tlie wins: ; second recurrent nervure received 

 close to tilt) middle of the tliird cubital cell. 



ITaI>. S iqiira, western desert, 10 miles south of Cairo; 

 July 30, 11)15 (Egyptian Dcparlnieiit of Agriculture). 



Very distinct owing to the very short stout antennic and 

 the sculpture of the steruites. 



Family PsammocharidaB. 



Deuteragenia kancUensis, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra ; femoribus aiiticis, tibiis anticis, scapoque apico subtus 

 ferrugineis ; mandibulis dimidio apicali brunneis ; alis hyalinis, 

 venis fuscis, macula parva fusca circa nervulum, maculaque 

 magna celhilara radialera, ajiice excepto, cellulas cubitales 

 secundum tertiumque, cclluUequc discoidalis secuudi majorem 

 partem occupant© fusca. 



Long. 11 mm. 



? . Mandibles tiidentate at the apex, the outer tooth the 

 longest ; clyi)eu.s convex, broadly truncate at the apex, finely 

 and closely |)unctured ; antennrc inserted a little above the 

 base of the clypeus. Front and vertex finely and very closely 

 punctured ; posterior ocelli as far from each other as from the 

 eyes. Antennae a little shorter than the head, thorax, and 

 median segment combined ; second joint of the tlagelhun half 

 a3 Ions: airain as the third. Maxillae at the base furnished 

 with a brush of very long hairs. liiorax and median 

 segment finely and clo.sely punctured ; pronotum very widely 

 arched posteriorly ; scutelluni convex, much broader th;.n 

 li ng ; median segment roundcil, with a shallow longitudinal 

 groove from the base which is not continued on the apical 

 .slope, the segment very sparsely clothed with long wliitisii 

 hairs. Abdomen shining, sparsely and minutely puncturoil ; 

 the transverse groove on the second sternite well developed ; 

 hind tibise without spines. Second abscissa of the radius 

 nearly twice as long as the third; the second cubital cell on 

 the cubitus scaroly longer than the third; eul)itus extending 

 to the margin of the wing. Nervu'us distin. lly postfurcal ; 

 cubitus of the hind wing originating beyond the transverse 

 median nervure. 

 ■ JIab. Kandy, Ceylon, September 1918 (0. S. Wic/:war) : 



3 ? ?. 



Allied to D. niarpesia, Bingh., from the Malay Peninsul;-, 

 but in tliat species the coxa', trochanters, and femora of the 

 intermediate and hind legs aro red ; the median segment, 

 granulat.', with at a groove frjm iLc ba.sc and less strongly 



