118 Mr, Vx. E. Turner on tJie 



S luss., anJ Dimorphoptera, both of whicli I luive treated in 

 former paj^ers as synonyms of Cosila, sinking all three names 

 under Anthohosca. I follow Sicheland Saussure in regarding 

 the group as a link between Myzine and Scolia, though also 

 showing some affinities with the Thynnidge. The other 

 genera placed by Ashniead in the Cosilidse seem to me to be 

 of very doubtful affinities, but I have not seen specimens of 

 Sierolomorpha, Dicrogenium^ Nursea^ or Isotiphia. Maurit- 

 ius, Sm., seems to me to be rightly placed by Smith in the 

 Pompilida?, the mandibles being the only feature in which 

 it resembles the groups allied to Scolia. Fedtschenkia, like 

 Fterombrnsj is a very distinct genus, which does not fall con- 

 veniently into any group, but is probably better placed as a 

 subfamily of the Mutillidae, as is done by Andrd. I have 

 only seen the male, but Aslimead places it with the Cosilidae 

 only because the female is winged. The male agrees with 

 Anthohosca in the total or almost complete absence of the 

 transverse depression between the first and second ventral 

 segments, a character by which Anthohosca may be at once 

 separated from ^lyzine or Tiphia, as well as in the unarmed 

 liypopygium. The former character is shared with many 

 of the Thynnida^, especially in the female sex. Ashmead's 

 key to the classitication of his family Myzinidse (' Canadian 

 Entomologist/ 1903) is very confused, the characters far 

 tlie females being in several cases given under the heading 

 " males." He is, however, probably correct in placing 

 F(£cilotiphia, Cam., in the family. 



Ttphia compreSfia, Sm, 



?. The type is from Cliina; Indian specimens have tlie 

 anterior wings fusco-violaceous, and the intermediate and 

 posterior femora and trochanters wholly ferruginous ; there 

 is also an oblique carina on each side on the dorsal surface 

 of the median segment, reaching from the base, where it is 

 about as far from the outer of the central carinse as that 

 is from the median carina, to within a short distance of the 

 apical angle of the segment ; this carina is only faintly 

 indicated in the type. 



cJ . Clypeus rather finely and closely punctured, shallowly 

 and broadly emarginate at the apex ; head shining, the front 

 closely and rather finely, the vertex and the space round the 

 ocelli very sparsely punctured ; the scape finely and closely 

 punctured, with a few rather short, pale fulvous hairs beneath. 

 Pronotum shining, sparsely and ratlier finely punctured, the 

 posterior margin broadly smooth ; the propleune smooth and 



