Mr. 11. E. Turner on Fos.^ori<d llynienoptcra. 311 



Stizus fuUginosHS, Kl ug. 



Larra fuUginom, King, Syinb. phys. (l84o). 



Larra combusta, Siu. Cat. Ilyin. B.M. iv. p. 341 (18j6). 



iSdzic^ fi<U(jinosu8, Ilandl. Sitzuugsb. Akad. Wiss. VVien, ci. p. 16 3 



Stizm cojiibttstusy Haudl. /. c. p. 179 (189:2). 



I cannot see that Smith's type of comhttsta from Trebizond 

 differs trom N. -African specimens. Tlie species ranujes as 

 far as the Gambia Uiver in a soutli-westerly direction. 



Stizus baicmannii, Ilandl. 

 Stizus baumannii, Ilandl. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 11. p. 508 (1901). 



Hah. Dar-es-Salaam (/^/(in(?//?-sc/«) ; ]\[id Lnangwa Valley, 

 N.E. Rhodesia ; Domira Bay, Lake Nyasa {S. A. Neave) \ 

 Harar, Abyssinia [G. Kristensen) . 



The male has the apical joint of the antennfe strong] v 

 curved, no longer than the penultimate joint. The yellow- 

 lateral spots on the abdomen are variable, but seem to be 

 always absent on the second segment of tiie male, sometimes 

 also ou the third segment. 



Stizus fascipennis, Sm. 



Larra fuscipennis, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 344 (18o6). c? 2 • 

 Stizus fuscipennis, Handl. Sitzuugsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, ci. p. 160 

 (1892). 



This belongs to the riificornis group, the first transverse 

 cubital nervure being straight and the female having a fovea 

 on the scutellum. The male has the clypeus nearly twice as 

 broad as long; the antennjB separated from the base of the 

 clypeus by a distance slightly exceeding the length of tho 

 scape, the eyes slightly convergent towards the clypeus ; the 

 apical joint of the flagellum strongly curved, no longer than 

 the penultimate. In both sexes the abdomen is black, 

 glossed with blue move strongly in the female than in the 

 male, a large yellow spot on each side of the second and 

 third segments, the two apical segments dark ferruginous. 

 The wings are rather pale fuscous, a paler margin reaching 

 into the third cubital cell. In one male there is a spot on the 

 sides of the first dorsal segment. 



There are three specimens in the British Museum from 

 Natal ; all are old specimens. It is remarkable that this 

 fine species should not have been received in recent 

 collections. 



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