Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial IJymenoptera. 4G1 



basal tergites suhopaque, without distinct punctures ; the 

 a|)ical tergites shining, witli a few small and scattered 

 pnnctures ; sternites shining, sparsely but more strongly 

 punctured ; the second sternite smooth, except at the aj)ex. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating just beyond the 

 transverse median nervure. 



JIab. Usangu District, German East Africa, 3500 to 

 4500 ft. {S. A. Neave), December ; Lilongwe District, 

 Central Angoniland, 4000 to 5000 ft. (S. A. Neave), 

 May 28- June 2, 1910. 



Somewhat resembles P. dolosus, Kohl, but is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the very stout flagellum and the scul|)ture of 

 the scutelluui and median segment. 



' Philanthus fuscipennis, Guer. 



rhihmthus fuscipennis, Gu6r. Icouogr, regn. anim. iii., Insect, p. 448 



(184o). 

 Fliilanthus consimilis, Kohl, Ann. Naturh. Ilofoius. "\^'ien, vi. p. 349 



(1891). d$. 

 I'hilanthiis reficulnttis, Cameron, Sjcistedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exp., 



Zool. ii. p. 270 (1910). 



Hah. The whole Ethopian region. 



Avery variable species in colour; the yellow markings 

 on the scutellum and postscutellum are usually obsolete, as 

 in Guerin's description. 



Philanthus nigrohirtus, sp. n. 



$. Nigra, mandibulis macula basali, clypeo, facie, macula parva 

 pone oculos, vertice macula obliqua utrinque oculos attingente, 

 pronoto margioe postico, tegulis, callis humeralibus macula 

 parva, mesopleuris antice, scutello, postscutello, femoribus aiitieis 

 intus, tibiisque supra flavis ; abdomine fulvo-flavidulo, segmeiito 

 primo basi nigro ; fronte inter antennas deuse uigro-hirsuto ; 

 alls fuscis. 



J , Femiute similis ; fronte supra antennis bimaculata (ssepe 

 transverse fasciata), vertice immaculato, scutello postscutelloque 

 nigris, nonnunquara flavo-maculatis, clypeo apice macula minuta 

 nigra. 



Loug., $ 12 mm., S 10 mm. 



? . Clypeus very broadly rounded at the apex, very 

 s[)arsely punctured, with a long black hair springing from 

 each puncture ; front very closely and finely punctured, 

 with delicate longitudinal striae, and rather thickly clothed 

 with long black hairs, which are especially dense between 

 the antennae ; vertex shining, rather closely punctured ; the 



