STUDIES IN THE FOSSOKIAL WASPS. ' 703 



Myzine abdominalis Guer. (PI. LXXXII. ficj. 16; 



PI. LXXXIII. fig. 5.) 



Meria abdominalis Guer. Rev. de Zool. iii. p. 365 (1839), $ . 

 Plesia continua Cam. Rec. Albany Mus. i. p. 299 (1905), S • 

 Hah. Willowmore ; Burghersdorp, Cape Colony. 

 Taken in cojndd by Di\ Brauns. The colour in the female is 

 variable, the head being sometimes ferruginous. 



Key to the Ethiopian Species of Elis (Mesa). 



Females. 



1. Basal joint of posterior tarsi with a row of spines 



beneath 2. 



Basal joint of posterior tarsi unarmed or with a scopa 



only ])eneath 7. 



2. Radial cell distinctly separated from the costa for 



more than half the length. Black, two apical 



abdominal segments red IS. alicice Turn. 



Radial cell separated from the costa at the apex 



only 3. 



3. Abdomen ferruginous, the basal segment only black. *_E. abdominalis Guer. 

 Abdomen 1)lack 4. 



4. Thorax and abdomen entirely black 6. 



Thorax more or less red, the pronotum shorter than 



the scutellum 6, 



5. Sixth dorsal segment punctured ; calcaria of the 



hind tibia; black *JS. peringueyi Sauss. 



Si xtli dorsal segment striate ; calcaria whitish *JS. /ioi^ewfoia Sauss. 



6. Vertex red, much more sparsely punctured than the 



front, mesonotum and scutellum black. Spur of 

 the posterior tibiae not strongly bent near the 



base ,.. ,.., IS. adeJogamia Turn. 



Vertex black, as closelj^ punctured as the front, 

 mesonotum and scutellum red. Spur of the 

 posterior tibiaj strongl^y bent near the base JS. anrijiua Turn. 



7. Abdomen wholly bright ferruginous E. torrida Hm. 



Abdomen black, the two apical segments sometimes 



ferruginous red 8. 



8. Lateral margins of the median segment acute ; head, 



thorax, legs, and abdomen black 9. 



Lateral margins of the median segment not acute ... 10. 



9. Median segment twice as broad as the length in the 



middle, the lateral carina; sharply defined. An- 

 tennae fusco-ferruginous at the base, black at 



apex JE. saussurei Tuvn. 



Median segment about three times as broad as the 

 length in the middle, the lateral carina; not 

 sharply defined. Antenna; wholly orange JE. xanthocera Gerst. 



10. Head, thorax, and abdomen black 11. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen more or less red 12. 



11. Legs black. Punctures of front and pronotum coarse 



and confluent longitudinally JE. innotata Turn. 



Legs ferruginous. Punctures of front and pronotum 



not coarse and well separated JE. erytliropuda Turn . 



12. Apical or two apical segments of abdomen ferru- 



ginous red, head and thorax black 13. 



Abdomen wholly black, head and sometimes thorax 



more or less red 14. 



13. Two apical segments of the abdomen red ; fore wings 



fuscous except at the apex ; sixth dorsal segment 



punctured S. apicipennis Turn. 



Apical segment of abdomen only red ; wings hyaline ; 



sixth dorsal segment striate JE. pyxidata Turn. 



