G6 M\. F. D. Morice 07i new or doubtful 



2. Psammophila inicipsuj sp. n. 



Nigra, abdomine liaud cyanco, alis violaceis ; iinguiculis rufis, hir- 

 Butie nigra vol fusca. Sculpt ura prajcedenti fere similis, sed 

 punctis minus crassis, propodei striis magis obliquis, petiolo multo 

 longioro, nntcniiaruni articulis 2 + 3 + 4, vel metatarso postico, 

 sul'ftquali. 



Long. 15-] 7 mill. 



Biskra [Eaton). Two females (7-24 iii. '97). 

 Ill general api)earance like the last, but with much longer 

 petiole and perfectly black abdoineii. 



o. Psamviophila gulussa, sp. n. 



Bicolor, alarum leniter flavescentium venis aurantiacis ; mandibulis, 

 tcgulis, armatura pedum, et abdominis sogmentis basalibus 3 vel 

 4 post petiolura (in S obscure) plus minnsve rufescentibus. 

 Pecten tarsalis (?) pallidus. Mas nigro-hirtus, facie et dorso 

 abdominis antice argcnteo-tomentosis ; 2 albo-hirta, facie humeris 

 ])leuri3 coxis(]ue tomento argenteo denso ornatis. Mesonotum 

 dense punctulatum, in ^ leniter transverse rugulosum. Propo- 

 deum oblique eubtilitcr striatum. Petiolus in utroque sexu 

 metatarso postico vel anteiinarum articulis 2+-3+-4 + 5 distincto 

 longior. 



Long. 20-22 mill. 



Biskra (Eaton). One male (30 iii. '97), one female (31 

 iii. '97). 



The petiole in this species is fully as long as in tj/det. 

 The male and female were taken in the same spot on two 

 following days, and I feel sure they belong to one another. 



Group Parapsammophila, Taschenberg. 



4. Parapsanimo/ihila monilworm's, sp. n. 



Nigra, alarum leniter flavescentium venis ochraceis, costa subcosta 

 tegulisque in medio brunneis ; mandibulis in medio, antennarum, 

 fcmorum tibiarumque basibus, pedum armatura, abdomiuisque 

 eegmento primo, obscure plus minusve rufescentibus. Caput 

 thoraxque mediocriter pallido-pilosa, facies sub pilis argenteo- 

 pubescens. Clypens ante apicem gibbose prominens, carina me- 

 diana longitudinali instructus. Facies quam in A. armata, lUiger, 

 angustior, quam in A . divite, Brulle, multo latior. Oculi ad clypeum 

 pauUulum convergentes. Petiolus metatarso postico subsequalis, 

 reliquum abdomen pro longitudine latum, piriforme. Pronotum 

 collariforme (i. e. paene uscpie a basi antice perpendiculariter 

 declive). Mesonotum breve, antice fortiter declive. Scutellum et 

 postscutellum alte convexa. Caput et pronotum punctata ; meso- 



