Mr. R. K. Turner on Fossorial Flumenoplera. 91 



The tarsal imgiies of the male have two teeth — aot one 



only, as stated by Bingham. 



Sjjhc.t haimatosoma, Kolil. 



Ammophila haimatosoma, Kohl, Verb, zool.-bot. Gea. Wien, xxxiii. 

 p. 883 (1883). 2- 



Specimens of this species were taken at Karachi by 

 Mr. Comber. They are very highly coloured, being without 

 black on the head and thorax, ana with. the blue colour of 

 the apical abdominal segments more strongly developed; 

 the wings are of a deep yellow. S. basalts, Sm., which also 

 occurs at Karachi is very near this species, hut has the 

 mesonotum mueli more strongly striated and is very different 

 in colour. 



Sphex punctata, Sm. 

 Ammophila punctata, Sm. fat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 218 (185G). J. 



I cannot see that this differs specifically from S. sabulosa, 

 Linn., though the red on the abdomen is more extensive. 

 This form occurs at Gyangtse in Tibet in June. 



S ubf am i 1 y Phil a ntsinje. 



Cerceris spinipleuris, nom. n. 



Cerceris varipes, Sin. Ann. & Mag. Nat. lli..t. (4) xii. p. 413 (1873). £ . 

 (Nee Smith, 1858). 



This Australian s| ecies is quite distinct from the species- 

 described by Smith from Celebes in 1858 as C. varipes, so 

 a new name is necessary. 



Cerceris '/ale?isis, Turn. 



Cerceris yalensis, Turn. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 74u, 1912 (1913). 

 $ (uec J ). 



The female is the t\ pe of the species.- The male described 

 with it does not belong to it, hut to C. cratocephala, Cam. 



Subfamily Stizinjb. 



Stizus persimilis, sp. n. 

 ^ . Nigra ; elypeo, labro, mandibulis, palpis, astenms, proi 



