ITymenoptera aculeata collected in Algeria. 559 



Salius 6 punctatus, Fab. 



$ . Koudia Sraa, on Daphne gnidium, 21. viii. 93. 



A. E. E. 

 $ . Constantine, 2. x. 93. A. E. E. 



Ditto, Small, unspotted var. 



$ . Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 18. v. 93. and 18. v. 97. 

 A. E. E. 



Salius infumatus, Palm. 



$ 2, £ 2. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 18. v. 93., 15 — 



28. v. 97. A. E. E. 

 $ 8, ? 13. Biskra, v. 98. F. D. M. 



Salius barbarus, Fab. 



$ . Bone, on Mentha rotundifolia. 10. viii. 97. A.E.E. 



£ . Koudia Sma, on Eryngium tricuspidatum, appar- 

 ently roosting under the umbels, 21. viii. 93. 

 A. E. E. 



?. Azazga, in the forest on Mentha rotundifolia, 20. 

 ix. 93. A. E. E. 



?. LaCalle.14.vii. 96. A.E.E. 



Salius dimidiatipennis, Cost. 



$ 1. TieTarfyOn Fosniculum vulg&re,24s. vii. 96. A.E.E. 



Salius discolor, Fab. 



? 1. Biskra, 21. iii. 95. A. E. E. 



Salius perezi, n. sp. 



Niger, capite et thorace plus minus testaceo pictis mesopleuris sub- 

 tilissime coriaceis, foemime substriatis, metapleuris in utroque sexu 

 striatis propodeo glabro, transverse striato, medio longitudinaliter 

 subimpresso, abdomine toto nigro opaco, pedibus rufotestaceis, 

 femorum basibus nigris, maris tibiis apice nigris, tarsis maxima ex 

 parte nigris. 



$ Head black, face with a triangular patch along the margin of 

 each eye and a spot on each side of the clypeus, and head behind the 

 eyes, testaceous ; antennae testaceous, slightly darker towards the 

 apex, surface very finely and very closely punctured ; near each eye 

 on a level with the ocelli is a well-marked puncture, but the hair 

 from it is wanting on both sides (this character exists in many of 

 the species of the genus, but is unusually strong in this) ; pronotum 

 testaceous, transverse, twice as broad as its central length, angu- 

 lately emarginate posteriorly, its anterior and posterior margins 



