Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 343 
XLII.—WNotes on Fossorial Hymenoptera.—XXI1V. On the 
Genus Nitela, Latr.. By RowLanp EK. TuRNeER, F.Z.5., 
F.E.S. 
THE genus WVitela consists of very small wasps, which form 
their nests in dry wood, often in deserted beetle-holes, preying 
onsmall Homoptera. The genus has a wide range, occurring 
in all regions of the Old World and also in the Neotropical 
region, but apparently is absent from North America. 
Owing to the small size of the species, the genus is poorly 
represented in most collections, and doubtless many more 
remain to be discovered. Of the fifteen species recorded in 
this paper five are from Africa south of the Equator, two 
from Kurope, one of these extending through India to Ceylon, 
three from Australia, and five from the Neotropical region. 
Genus Nirena, Latr. 
1. Nitela spinolae, Latr. 
Nitela spinolae, Latr. Gen. Crust. & Insect. iy. p. 77 (1809). @. 
Hab. Europe. 
2. Nitela fallax, Koll. 
bes fallax, Kohl, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxili, p. 343 (1883). 
(6) Pe 
Hab. Tyrol (Kohl) ; Pusa, Bihar (G. A. Dutt) ; Ceylon 
( Thwaites), 
I have not seen European specimens, but from the descrip- 
tion | consider there can be no doubt that the Indian speci- 
mens belong to the same species. ‘The genus does not appear 
to have been previously recorded from Iudia. 
3. NVitela sculpturata, nom. nov. 
Nitela reticulata, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p, 508, 1908 (October). 
@ (nec NX. reticulata, Ducke, 1908, March), 
Diicke’s name has priority by a few months, and must be 
retained for the Brazilian species. 
Hab. Mackay, Queensland. 
