NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIII. 1916. 241 



LIST OF SOME SYMENOPTEBA FROM ALGERIA 

 AND THE M'ZAB COUNTRY. 



By the Rev. F. D. MORICE. 



[These Hymenoptera were collected by Lord Rothschild and myself in various 

 parts of Algeria, and those from the Oued Nca and Ghardaia by me in 1914. 

 About the localities the articles in Novitates Zoologicae xviii. (pp. 470, 471), xxi. 

 (pp. 180-185), and xxii. (pp. 61-65) may be consulted. No doubt a good many 

 more species conld be found in the M'zab country, but I had very little time there 

 for the collecting of Hymenoptera, as during my brief stay a number of days were 

 lost for it through gales and cold, dull weather, besides that most of my time was 

 occupied with the primary objects of the journey, i.e. the collecting of birds and 

 their eggs, and of Lepidoptera. 



The specimens will be presented to the British Museum. — Ernst Habtebt.] 



1. Allantus pectoralis Kriechb. ? (Oran). 



2. Stilbum splendidtim F. var. ? (Ghardaia). 



Perhaps = var. piei Buyss. The mesonotum is densely punctured. But it is 

 exceedingly small, and with a singularly purple coloration resembling that of 

 Clorysis episcopalis Spin. 



3. Chrysis ignita 8 (Hammam Rirha). 



4. Mut ilia barbara L. ? (Ai'n Sefra). 



5. Dasylabris maura L. ? (Ai'n Sefra). 

 6-10. Dasylabris arabica L. 8 8 (A'in Sefra). 



11. „ „ „ 8 (Ghardaia). 



12. „ „ „ ? var. (Ghardaia). 



I think this must be the ? of No. 11, which seems to be certainly a 8 of arabica. 

 It does not, however, quite agree with arabica ? (= ornata Klug sec. Andre) as 

 described by Andre {Species viii. p. 395), since it has, in addition to the markings 

 there mentioned, a medial pilose spot on each of the segments 3, 4 and 5, these spots 

 practically coalescing to form a continuous longitudinal stripe (or " vitta ") which 

 broadens gradually from base to apex. Similar specimens which I took at Biskra 

 in 1898 were recorded by the late B. Saunders ( Tr. Ent. Soc. 1901) as italica F. 

 But one of them was sent later to Andre and returned by him as " ornata Kl." 

 i.e. arabica (vide Species I.e.), and this determination, so far as I can judge, seems 

 to be probably the right one. (The pygidial area is uniformly reticulate, and 

 by no means like that of italica as described by Andre). 



13. Stenomutilla argentata Vill. ? (Oran). 



14. Myzine lacteipennis Ed. Sarmd. c? (Ai'n Sefra). 



15. Myzine sexfasciata Ross. ? 8 (Ghardaia). 

 16-18. Scolia bidens L. 88 (A'in Sefra). 



19. „ „ „ $ (Ain Sefra). 



(This species was very common on flowers in gardens and near the town, at 

 Ain Sefra. We also observed it at Hammam Rirha. — E. H.) 



20. Scolia interstincta Kl. 8 (A'in Sefra). 



21. Elis carbonaria Kl. ? (Ain Sefra). 



