XI. — Two New Wasps of the Genus 
Ampulex.— By Bowland E. Turner, F.Z.S., 
F.E.S. 
Ampulex atroliirta , sp. n. 
Viridi-caerulea, nitida; antennis tarsisque nigris; mandi- 
bulis piceis; tibiis anticis infra, femoribusqne posticis 
rufis; alis hyalinis, ante apicem late infumatis; vena 
prima transverso-cubitali obliterata. 
Long. 16 mm. 
? .—Antennae short and stout, the second joint of the 
flagellum equal in length to the third. Scape, clypeus, 
front, pronotum and sides of the mesonotum rather thickly 
clothed with long black hairs. Clypeus with a longitudinal 
carina, very narrowly produced at the apex and ending in 
a shallowly emarginate process overhanging the mandibles. 
Head deeply punctured, a very large space surrounding the 
ocelli smooth and shining. Eyes converging very slightly 
towards the vertex, where they are separated by a distance 
about twice as great as the iength of the second joint of 
the flagellum; ocelli in an equilateral triangle, very near 
together; head not produced behind the eyes. Pronotum 
without a sulcus or tubercle, deeply but not closely 
punctured, broader than long; mesonotum deeply but 
sparsely punctured anteriorly, almost smooth posteriorly; 
scutellum smooth, with a row of deep punctures at the 
base and at the apex. Mesopleurse deeply punctured, 
without a longitudinal groove. Median segment half as 
broad again at the base as long, the tooth at the posterior 
angles very short and blunt, the third longitudinal carina 
is almost twice as far in the middle from the second as 
from the fourth, the space between the second and third 
carinse more finely striated than the space between the 
first and second. Abdomen smooth and shining, the second 
dorsal segment nearly half as long again as broad; apical 
Sar. Mus. Journ., No. 6, 1915. 
