3y4 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



longitudinal median groove, the dorsal surface rather finely 

 obliquely striated ; the oblique posterior slope finely trans- 

 versely striated, with a deep median groove ; the sides of ihi 

 segment closely vertically striated. Petiole not quite as long 

 as hind coxa, trochanter, and femur combined. • Tarsal 

 ungues with a small median tooth, the pulvillus large. 

 Second abscissa of the radius at least as long as the first and 

 third combined ; first recurrent nervure received close to the 

 middle of the second cubital cell, second at about one-eighth 

 from the apex of the same cell. 



Hah. British East Africa, Ngare Narok, Masai Reserve, 

 6000 ft. {A. 0. Luckman), December 31, 1913, 6 ? ?; 

 Mogorr River {A. 0. Lnckman) ; Nandi Plateau, 5700- 

 6200 ft. (S. A. Neave), May 30-June 4, 1911; Uganda, 

 Tero Forest {S. A. Neave\ Sept. 26-30, 1911. 



This is a larger species than S. quartince, Grib., with 

 differently coloured pubescence and fore legs ; the apical 

 third, or in some specimens half, of the petiole is black ; it 

 is a smaller species than S. spirifex, Linn., differing also in 

 the colour of the legs, petiole, and wings, and in the much 

 greater length of the second abscissa of the radius. 



Sceliphron eckloni, Dahlb. 



Pelopoeus ecklont, Uahlb. Hymen. Eur. i. p. 434 (1845). 

 Pelopceus clypeatus, Fairiuaire, Arch. Entom. ii. p. 264 (1858). 



Probably identical with S. spinolw, Lep., as suggested by 

 Gribodo, but I have not seen Indian specimens. 



Genus Sphex [AmmophiJa, auct.). 

 Sphex tenuis, Pal. Beauv. 



Sphex tenuis, Pal, Beauv. Insect, rec. en Afriq. & Amer. p. 48, Hym^a. 



(1837). c?. 

 Ammophila guineensis, Ritsema, Tijdschr. v. Entom. xrii. p. 192 



(1874). 2 . 

 Animophila macuH/rons, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii. p. 134 



(1910). ?. 

 Ammophila cceruleornata, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii. p. 135 



(1910). (S. 



Sphex beniniensis, Pal. Beauv. 



Sphix Beniniensis, Pal. Beauv. Insect, rec. en Afriq. & Amer. p. 48, 



Hym6n. (1837). d • 

 Ammophila cyaniventris, Gu^r. Mag. de Zool. xiii. P. 114, p. 9 



(1843). S. 

 Ammophila {Parapsammophila) lugubris, Gerst. Monatsber. Akad. 



Wiss. Berlin, p. 610 (1857). $ (S . 

 Ammophila hiyubris, Gerstaecker, Peters, Pieise u. Mossambique, 



Zool. V. p. 480 (1862). 



