Mr. K. I'j. Turner on Foasorial J/t/.nenopteru, 'M'i 



Tlie bl.ack portion of the alj Ioiih'ii shows a faint iridescent 

 flush. 



//(//>. Salisbury, :Maslionahind, October 16'Jd (G. .1. A'. 

 Mars/ia/l) ; 1 ?"^ 



This belongs to the fasciatus group, having the first trans- 

 verse cubital nervure curved and the fuvea on tlie scuteihun 

 absent. It is very nearly related to the North-African 

 tS. (jrani/isj Lap., but, in addition to colour-distinctions, the 

 pygidiuni is much more strongly punctured in the present 

 species. 



Stizus alro.c, S:n. 



Larra atrox, Sra. Cat. Ilyin. B.M. iv, p. 339 (1856). ? . 



titizm atrox, Haudl. ??itzuu>rsb. Akad. Wiss. \\ ieii, ci, p. 177 (1892). 



Hah. Angola [Mouteiro) ; Zon<^we liiver, March 19JL 

 {Oacar Silverlock) ; interior of fcj. Africa {Smith). 



The specimen in the iSilverlock collection diflers in having 

 the scutellum and two longitudinal bands on the disc of the 

 niesonotuni fulvous. {Specimens from the different localities 

 ditfer perceptibly in the length of the second abscissa of the 

 radius. 1 have not seen the male. 



Siizus JlavoinaculatuSj Sm. 



Larra flavoDiaculata, Sm. Ami. & ^lag. Nat. Hist. (4) xii. p. 404 (1873). 



6-' 

 Stizus Jlavomaculatus, Handl. Sitzungsb. Akad. AViss. W ieii, ci. p. 180 



(1892). 

 Stizus pentheres, ^Ilandl. Sitzuugsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, civ. p. 99*5 



(1895). d- 



The yellow markings on the abdomen vary much, being 

 sometimes almost obsolcic. 



Stizus tuberculiventri'sj sp. n. 



J . Niger ; clypeo, segmento dorsali prime fascia lata apicali 

 emarginata, 2-0 fasciis bisinuatis flavis ; labro, aatenni3(articulis 

 5 apicalibus exceptis), pronoto postice, tegulis, mesouoto anguste 

 lateribus, pedibus, segmento dorsali primo in medio, caeteris mar- 

 gine apicali, septimo toto, segmentisque ventralibus plus minusve 

 ferrugiueis ; alls sordide hyaliuis, margine apicali intuscatis ; 

 alls posticis area anali multo post originem vense cubitalis termi- 

 nata ; segmento tertio ventrali dente valido armato. 



Long., (S V6 mm., $ 15 mm, 



(J. Eyes slightly converging towards theclypeus; labrum 

 almost as long as the clypeus, rounded at the apex ; ciypeus 

 less than twice as broad as long. Antennje separated iiom 



