Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Flymenoptera. 361 



intermingled. Petiole shorf, as long as the third joint of the 

 hind tarsi j abdomen snbopaque. 



Bab. Tero Forest, S.E. Buddu, Uganda, 3800 ft. (S. A. 

 Neave), September 19] 1. 



This is a stoutly buill species allied to bohemanni, Dahlb., 

 bat differing in the pubescence of the median segment, pleurae, 

 and mesostemum. The wings are also much paler and only 

 faintly tinted with blue 



Chlorion (Proterosphex) bohemanni, Dahlb. 



Sphex bohemanni, Dahlb. Hymen. Europ. i. p. 436 (1845). J. 

 Sphex kUimandjiwoenaia, Cameron, Sjiistedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru Ex- 

 pect, ii. p. 262 (1910). 2 <S- 

 Sphex transvaolensu, I lam. Ann. Transvaal Mas. ii. p. 140 (1910). 



Hub. E. Africa, from Natal to Uganda ; Pretoria (Dis- 

 tant) ; Mlanje, Nyasaland (S. A. Neave), November to 

 March ; Mt. Rungwe, near New Langenburg (S. A. Neave), 

 November ; Mt. Kokanjero, S.W. ot Elgon, Uganda Pro- 

 tectorate (*S'. A. Neave) j August. 



Chlorion (Proterosphex) schoutedeni, Kohl. 

 Sphex schoutedeni, Kohl, Rev. Zool. Afric. iii. p. 205 (1913). c?. 



Ilab. Mlanje, Nyasaland (S. A. Neave), March to June 

 1913. 



Chlorion (Ilarpactopns) tyraymus, Sm. 



Harpactopus tyrannus, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 264 (1856). $. 

 Sphex vagus, Kad. Journ. acad. sc. math. Lisboa, viii. p. 209 (1881). <$ . 



Philanthus ramahrishnce, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; capite maximo ; clypeo, orbitis dimidio inferiori latis- 

 sirne, macula obliqua utrinque inter antennas, macula frontali 

 mediana, vertice macula parva utrinque, linea obliqua pone 

 oculos, pronoto postice, tegulas, mesopleuris maculis duabus, 

 scutello macula magna utrinque, segmento mediano macula 

 magna basali utrinque maculaque elongata apicali utrinque, 

 tergito primo fascia lata apicali interrupta, tergitis 2-5 fascia 

 angusta apicali, sternitis 2-4 macula transversa apicali utrinque, 

 coxis macula apicali, femoribus macula apicali, tibiis tarsisque 

 flavis ; alis byalinis, leviter iuf uscatis, venis fuscis. 

 Long. 14 mm. 



? . Head very large, broader than the thorax ; clypeus 

 deflexed from the middle, the apical margin produced in the 

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