THE AXXALS 



AND 



MGAZIXE OF NATURAL HISTORY 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 >^o. 40. APRIL 1911. 



XXX I IT. — Notes on Fossorial Hi/nienoptera. — III. 

 By Roland E. Turner, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



On some Species o/Thynnidsc, Scoliidse, and Sapygidse. 



Unless otherwise mentioned, the insects described in this 

 paper are in the National Collection at South Kensington. 

 Some are in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 



Family Thynnidae. 

 Spilotliynnus tiicumanensis , sp. n. 



9 . J^igra, abdominis segraento primo macula mediali, scgmentis 

 2-5 maculis lateralibus flavis, segmento primo antice producto, 

 tuberculato ; pedibus pallide testaceis. 

 Long. 8 mm. 



Head nearly as long as the anterior breadth, strongly 

 rounded posteriorly, closely and rather deeply punctured, 

 sliglitly convex, depressed anteriorly, with a shining, sligbtly 

 concave area between the eyes and the base o£ the antennae. 

 Thorax very narrow ; the pronotum as long as the breadth 

 on the anterior margin, slightly narrowed posteriorly, shining, 

 with a few scattered punctures, the anterior angles prominent 

 and subtuberculate, a short longitudinal groove from the 

 anterior margin, the sides strongly depressed near the 

 posterior margin ; scutellum and median segment shining, 

 very narrow ; the median segment depressed and flattened, 

 longer than broad. Abdomen narrowed at the extremities. 



Ann. (5 Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol vii. 20 



