^Ir. R. E. Tuincr on Fossoriul IIi/inenoj)lera. 1)07 



pubescence. PropleurjB almost smooth ; mesopleurre ratliev 

 sparsely punctured ; sides of the metlian aei^meiit coarsely 

 ruj(ul().'3e, dorsal surface of the .se;fineiit riij;oso ; the hutneral 

 calli, the apex of the median so^^ment, and a loiip^ band on 

 the hind margin of the mesoplour;i? clotheil with very delicate 

 shining silver pubescence. First joint of the petiole about 

 as long as the hind femur and trochanter combined ; second 

 tergite slender, half as long again as its apical breadth. 

 Pul villus well developed. Second abscissa of the radius 

 about half as long as the first. 



(S . Eyes very slightly coiiverg<'nt towards the clypens ; 

 posterior ocelli a little nearer to the eyes than to eacjj other. 

 Clypcus produced inlo a porrect tubercle in the middle of the 

 anterior margin. Transverse strife of the pronotum more 

 developed than in the female. Fiist joint of petiole distinctl)' 

 longer than the hind femur and trochanter combined ; eighth 

 sternite broadly truncate at the apex. 



Ilab. British East Africa, Masongaleni, 3000 ft. {S. A. 

 i\>are), March 29-April 1 ; Kibwezi, 3000 ft. (S. A. Neave), 

 April 2-4 ; Mitto Andei, 2500 ft. (S. A. Neave), INI arch 

 2t5-2S ; Tiwa River, Ukaniba {S. W. J. Sc hole field), 

 January 22-27. 



Nearly allied to sa assure i, Buyss., but easily distinguished 

 by the curious form of the j)ronotum and by the more strongly 

 produced sciitellum and postscutdlum. The male clypeus 

 differs strongly from that of the Palaearctic species harhara^ 

 Lep., ^u{\judieorum, Kohl. 



Genus ChloriON. 



Chloriun [IsoJoniia) apica/a, Bingh. 



Ammophila apicuta, Biiij^li. Fauna Brit. India, Hvmen. i, p. i>.'34 

 (1897). $. 



Chlorion (Isodonf'ta) praslinius, Guer. 



S/>h/'x praslinius, Gu6r. Yoy. Coq., Zool. ii. p. 262 (18.'W), 

 Sphex vioruaa, Sm. Journ. Proc. Liiiu. Soc, Zool. iv., Suppl. p. 122 

 (18G0). 



Clilvrion [I'roterosphex^ pauliui'eri, Guer. 



Sphe.v rauHnicri, Gut^r. Magns. de Zool. xiii. P. 114, p. 8 (1843). J, 

 Sphex exiiitia, Lep. Hist. nut. Insect, llynit^u. iii p. 3(30 (1845). cf . 



This belongs to the group of aurulenlus, Faljr., with the 

 median signuiit transversely striated. Kohl wrongly treats 

 the species as a true Chlorion in the most restricted sense, 

 but had nut seen a specimen. 



