318 Mr. E. E. Turner on Fossorial Eymenoptera. 



second abscissa of the radius is ninch longer. In the latter 

 characU'r it rcsembli'S the Central-American E. puhhrina, 

 Cam., and E. hicim-ta, Sm., but differs from both in markings 

 and iu the finer and closer puncturation. 



Family Sapygidae. 

 Sapygafartlva, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; antennis ferrugineis, apice infuscatis ; clypeo lateribua, 

 fascia arcuata inter antennas, orbit is iuternis anguste, orbitis 

 externis supra, pronoto margine antico late interrupto, meso- 

 plcuris macula sub alis, postscutello fascia transversa inferrupta, 

 segmcnto mediano macula magna apicali ulrinque, segmentis 

 abdoiiiinalibus 2-5 fascia lata transversa, sextoque dorsali 

 macula magna ante apicem flavis ; feraoribus subtus, tibiis, tarsis, 

 Bcgmento dorsali prirao fascia mediana, ventralique secundo basi 

 ferrugineis ; alis byalinis, venis nigris, area racliali iufumata. 



Long. 11 mm. 



? . Mandibles very broad, tiydentate at the apex ; clypeus 

 subrectangnlar, broader than long, the apical angles pro- 

 duced, longitudinally rugose. Head closely punctured- 

 moose ; antenna? thickened towards the apex, much stouter 

 at the base than in clavicornis ; posterior ocelli at least half 

 as far again from the eyes as from each other. Tiiorax very 

 closely punctured ; abdomen shining, minutely and closely 

 punctured. Second abscissa of the radius half as long as the 

 third, more than twice as long as the first. 



JIah. Simla Hills, 6300 ft. 



Nearly allied to clavicornis, but differs in colouring, in the 

 larger second cubital cell, and in the stouter basal joints of 

 the flageilum. 



Family CrabroaidaB. 



Subfamily Larsinjs. 



Dimorpha rvjlcaudaia, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; flagello fusco; 'scape, mandibulis, pedibusque ferru- 

 gineis ; tegulis fuscis, apice testaceis ; segmentis abdominalibus 

 4-6 rufis ; alis byalinis, veuis fuscis. 

 Long. 8 mm. 



? . Head sparsely punctured, the clypeus and front clothed 

 •with long cinereous hairs, clypeus very short, transverse at 

 the apex, finely punctured and subcarinate in the middle ; 

 second joint of the flageilum distinctly longer than the third; 



