Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 287 



More nearly allied to a South African species which I 

 have identified with some douht as //. hottentota, Tasch. 

 It differs from this in the colour of the abdomen and very 

 strongly in the much stouter antennae of the male, in which 

 point it closely resembles //. brunniceps, Tasch. A female 

 in the British Museum, apparently identical with the type, 

 is labelled "Interior of South Africa/' and another 

 " Gaboon." 



Hemipepsis glabraius, Klug. 



Pompilris glabratus, Klug, Symbol, physic, Dec. 1834, t. 38, fig. 1. $ . 



This species occurs over most of the northern portion of 

 the Ethiopian region. 



J lab. Ambukol (h'h/g) ; Tuma and Mankuma, Northern 

 Territories of the Gold Coast (J. J. Simpson), May 1913. 



Forms which I think must be treated as subspecies of 

 glabratus occur throughout the Ethiopian region. These 

 are : — 



1. Hemipepsis anchieta, Rad. 



Priocnemis anchietce, Rad. Journ. acad. sc. math. Lisboa, viii. p. 213 

 (1881). $. 



Hab. Senaar (Major Pent on) ; British East Africa, Kib- 

 Tvezi, 3000 ft. (S. A. Neave), April 1911; German East 

 Africa, Usanga, 3500-4500 ft. (S. A. Neave), December 

 1910; Nyasalaud, Mlanje (S. A. Neave), July 1913; 

 Karonga district, Valley of N. Rukuru (S. A. Neave), July 

 1910; Katanga, Lufira, 3500 ft. (S. A. Nea ve) , August ; 

 N.E. Rhodesia, Niamadzi River, 2000 ft. (S. A. Neave), 

 August 1910 ; Rhodesia, Lonely Mine (H. Swale), December 

 1914 ; Angola (JFelivitsch) ; Angola, Lepi (E. Robins). 



The abdomen, except the apical segment, in the female, 

 and at least the two basal segments in the male are black 

 in this form, usually also the mesonotum and scutellum. 



2. Hemipepsis spectrum, Sm. 



Mygnimia spectrum, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iii. p. 187 (1855). <$ . 

 Priocnemis hirsutus, Saussure, Distant, Natural. Transvaal, p. 216 



(1892). <$. 

 Mygnimia depressa, Saussure, Distant, Natural. Transvaal, p. 219 



Ub92). $. 



Hab. Throughout S. Africa from Basutoland to the 



