482 Mr. R. E. Tnrner on Fossorial Tlt/menoptera. 



second ventral segment raised into a broad transverse ridge 

 at the apex ; ventral segments 3-6 with an arched carina or 

 raised space before the apex ; apical segment tridentate at 

 the apex, the median tooth stouter and slightly longer than 

 the lateral. Appendiculate cell not very distinct; third 

 transverse cubital nervure received very near the apex of the 

 radial cell ; second cubital cell with a very short petiole, very 

 broadly triangular, longer on the cubitus than the third 

 cubital cell ; first recurrent nervure interstitial with the first 

 transverse cubital nervure. 



Black; the mandibles (except at the apex), clypeus, a 

 narrow transverse line above the base of the antennse, an 

 interrupted line on the pronotum, tegulse and a spot in front 

 of tliera, a large vertical spot on the mesopleurge, post- 

 scutellum, a broad transverse band on each dorsal segment of 

 the abdomen, strongly arcuate in the middle on segments 4-6, 

 the femora (except at the base), tibiffi, and tarsi pale yellow ; 

 antennae fuscous; the apical margins of the dorsal abdominal 

 segments and the ridge at the apex of the second ventral 

 segment fusco-ferruginous. Wings hyaline, nervures pale 

 testaceous. 



Length 9 mm. 



? . As in the male, but differs in the absence of tubercles 

 or ridges on the ventral abdominal segments ; the pygidial 

 area is smooth, long and narrow, pointed at the apex. The 

 first recurrent nervure is received by the second cubital cell 

 near the base. 



The sides of the scutellura and of the median segment and 

 ventral segments 2-4 are marked with yellow. The two 

 basal ventral segments and the pygidium bright ferruginous. 

 Posterior and intermediate legs stained with ferruginous. 

 Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Quetta {Nurse) ; May and June. 

 Near P. lepidus, Klug, but differs in the darker ground- 

 colour of the abdomen ; the front is flatter and has a frontal 

 carina instead of a groove, and the scutellum is smoother. 

 In the male the ridge on the second ventral segment is less 

 developed and the first recurrent nervure is differently placed. 

 It is also a less robust species. 



Palanis confusus, sp. n. 



Very near F. nursei, but differs as follows : — 

 cJ . The anterior margin of the clypeus almost transverse ; 

 eyes separated on the vertex by a distance equal to the length 

 of the two basal joints of the flagellum, posterior ocelli almost 



