G18 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Uymenoptera. 



third cubital cell. Stigma very small, radial cell not de- 

 tached from the costa and narrowly truncate at the apex, 

 receiving the strongly oblique third transverse cubital 

 nervure at the apex. 



Black, with sparse white pubescence; the mandibles 

 fusco-ferruginous at the base ; pygidium red. "Wings 

 hyaline, uervures black ; spines of the tibise white. 

 ' Hab. Mid-Luangwa Yallev, N.E. Rhodesia ; August 

 {S. A. Neave). A. E, R. C. 



Elis variculor, Turn. 

 Elis varkolor, Turn. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) vii. p. 306 (1911). 



A specimen from San Bernardino, Paraguay [Fiehrig) , in 

 the U.S. National Museum, shows that the reddish colour 

 of the head and thoracic markings in the type were due to 

 discoloration. The Paraguay specimen differs from the type, 

 having the clypeus and antennae black, and yellow marks on 

 the apical angles and sides of the median segment : the 

 femora are also yellow at the apex. This may prove to be 

 a local race, but I have only seen the two specimens. 



Elis amiina, Turn. 



Plesia amiina, Turn. Ann. & Mae-. Nat. Hist. (8) i. p. ol.3 (1908). $ . 

 Elis immaculata, Schrottky, Deuts. eut. Zeitscbr. p. 198 (1910). $. 



These descriptions without doubt refer to the same 

 species. 



EUs amegh'moi, Brethcs. 



Elis amegkiiioi, Brethes, An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, xx. p. Sol 



(1910). c?. 

 Plesia bonacrensis, var., Turn. Zool. Jahrb. xxix. p. 223 (1910). J $ . 



I do not think that this is more than a local form of 

 bonaerensis, Burm., as I have before suggested. The female 

 is, I consider, the form described by Brethes as the female 

 of cuycna, Burm., but this is not certain. The yellow spots 

 on the median segment of the male are usually present, one 

 on each side near the apex, but occasionally absent. The 

 second recurrent nervure is usually received close to tlie 

 apex of the second cubital cell, but is sometimes interstitial 

 Avith the second transverse cubital nervure. There are males 

 of this species in the Berlin Museum from the province of 

 Salta, 3500 ft., the type being from Mendoza. 



