20G Mr. R. E. Turner 0}i Fosscn-ial Ilymcnoptera. 



Genus NoMiNKiA, Kic'ff. 



Homineia, Kieff. Ann. Soc. Ent. Franco, Ixxx. p. 453 (1911), 



Type, N. africann, Kieff. 



'I'liis genus may he distinguished by the h)ng spines on the 

 cheeks, but is very elose to Pristocera and Kathepyris. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Recurrent nervnre interstitial with the first 



transverse cuhitHl nervure, well developed . . X. xpinif/era, Turn, 

 liccurrent nervure received before the first 

 transverse cubital nervure, indistinct JS'.annaticeps, Turn. 



Nomjneia spinigera, sp. n. 



S . Niger, albo-pilosus ; alis fusco-hyaliiiis ; geiiis infra acute tubcr- 

 culatis, pronoto antice angustato, margiue antico anguste trun- 

 cate. 

 Long. 12-5 mm. 



(J. Mandibles long, strongly bent before the apex and 

 bidentate ; clypeus with a carina, head coarsely punctured, 

 somewhat broader than long, subreetangular, rounded at 

 the posterior angles, cheeks beneath with a stout and long 

 spine, wliich is touched by the point of the long mandibles 

 when they are closed. Pronotum strongly narrowed ante- 

 riorly, nearly as long as the mesonotum, the anterior margin 

 short and transverse. Thorax strongly but rather sparsely 

 punctured, very sparsely on the dorsulum, the mesopleurye 

 rugose. Median segment with a distinct triangular basal 

 area occupying most of the dorsal surface, the l)ase longi- 

 tudinally striated, the apical portion obliquely striated at the 

 sides, with a low longitudinal carina in the middle, on each 

 side of which are short transverse striae on an elongate-ovate 

 surface ; the segment is broader than long, rounded at 

 the posterior angles, and vertically truncate posteriorly. 

 Abdomen shining and almost smooth, with white hairs 

 on the sides. Neuration as in fiiscipennis. Tarsal ungues 

 tridentate, the basal tooth obtuse. Kecurrent nervure inter- 

 stitial with transverse cubital nrrvtire. 



Hub. Simba, British East Africa, 3350 ft. : April [S. A. 

 Neave). 



A genus easily distinguished by the spine on the cheeks 

 and the very long mandibles. 



Prist ocer us roamarus, Stadelm., is very near this species, 



