iMr. li. I'i. Tiirnor on Fosaori'al Ilymcnojjtera. .'lO.*) 



Sphex hrannsi, sp. n. 



$ . Nis?ra : raandibulis, apico cxcepto, torgitis stornitisquo primo 

 secuiidocjvio, tertio basi extronia, feniorihMs anticis Hul)tu8, intcr- 

 meiliis diiuidio apicali, siijira nigro-Iinciitis, tihiis anticis interme- 

 diiaquo, tarsisque anticis ferriigineis ; pctiolo sefimento prirao 

 iii^ro ; tcj^ulis teetacois ; alis subliyaliiii.-', aj)ico lovitcr infu- 

 iiiatis, veiiis ni;j:ris ; proiioto mcsonotoqiie transverse striatis. 



c? . Feminas similis ; mandibulia tarsisqiitf anticia nigris. 

 Long., 2 18, 6 16 mm. 



? . Mamliblcs witli a long acute apical tooth and two 

 strong teeth on the inner margin. Clypcus with sjjarse large 

 punctures, microscopically punctured and pubescent; head 

 subopaqiie, witli sparse large punctures, a deep groove from 

 the anterior ocellus to the- base of the antennee. Eyes almost 

 parallel on their inner margins; posterior ocelli much further 

 trom the eyes than from each other, separated from tlio eyes 

 by a distance about one-third greater than the length of the 

 tldrd joint of the flagellum. Pronotum a little longer than 

 the scutellum, nearly twice as broad anteriorly as long, with 

 a deep median groove on the posterior half, rather strongly 

 transversely striated. ]\Iesonotum strongly transversely 

 striated, with a deep median sulcus reaching almost to the 

 posterior margin, where the striaj are oblique. Scutellum 

 and {)03tscutellum longitudinally striated. Median segment 

 rugose, with oblique striie, which are more distinct laterally 

 than in the midille. First joint of the petiole black, almost 

 exactly equal in length to the hind femur, a little longer than 

 the second joint cf the petiole ; second tergite longer than its 

 apical breadth. Tarsal ungues simple, with a distinct pul- 

 vdlus. Pleurrc rugose, with more or le^s distinct oblique 

 striae, evenly covered with very delicate whitish pubescence. 

 Spiracle of the first tergite situated considerably behind the 

 middle. 



^ . One large tooth only on the inner margin of the man- 

 dibles ; eyes converging towards the clypeus ; apical margin 

 of the clypeus widely and shallowly cmarginate ; eighth 

 sternite rather narrowly rounded at the apix. Third cubital 

 cell in both sexes small, contracted boih on the radius and 

 cubitus, Second abscissa of the radius longer than the first in 

 the female, a little shorter in the male, more than twice as 

 long as the third. 



Iliib. Willowmore, S. Africa [Dr. Braunft), October 1, 



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Tiie pron<ituin is much long'r than in the common S. tcnnif^ 



