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sordid ochreous, covered with little castaneous-coloured spots. 

 Wings ferruginous clouded, darkest in the centre, with the excep- 

 tion of the marginal cell, which is almost clear ; stigma ochreous, 

 nervures black. 



Hah. — Cairns, N. Queensland. Named in honour of my late 

 friend, R. H. Nancarrow, of Sandhurst, Victoria, a most enthusi- 

 astic naturalist, who first called my attention to Australian Hy- 

 menoptera. 



(2) Philomastix glabra, n.sp. 



^. Body, 5| lines; expanse of wings, 12 lines; antennae, 3 lines. 



9. Body, 7 lines; expanse of wings, 16| lines; antennae, 5 lines. 



Ochreous, marked with black ; abdomen blue-black, with sordid 

 ochreous markings. ^. Head and first two joints of antennae 

 black ; the base of head behind the eyes, clypeus, labrum, and 

 rest of antennae bright fulvous, mandibles castaneous. Thorax, 

 pronotum, and below the wings yellow, rest of thorax blue-black ; 

 scutellum shining, impressed in the centre, legs castaneous, with 

 the exception of the coxae and base of femora, which are sordid 

 ochreous. Abdomen : basal half of first segment steel blue, apical 

 half of first and | of second segment sordid ochreous, forming an 

 irregular band round abdomen, narrowest in centre of back; apical 

 portion of 2nd and rest of abdominal segments steel blue, the outer 

 edges of last three and margin of anal segment bright fulvous, 

 beneath the apical edge of each segment marked with fulvous, the 

 marks broader towards the posterior. 9. Head shining ochreous, 

 first two joints of antennae, eyes, and tip of the mandibles black, 

 clypeus and mouth parts hairy. Thorax large, ochreous, marked 

 with black in the centre and on either side, below smoky ; scu- 

 tellum bright ferruginous, slightly impressed in the centre ; legs 

 shining steel blue, except the base of hiud femora and coxae, legs 

 with a silvery pubescence. Abdomen bright blue, black above and 

 below, a faint line at the apex of first segment, a stripe curving 

 upwards, broadest below, on the sides of the second segment, and 

 various markings at the base of the following segments, which are 



