248 REVISION OF TJIE TllVNNID.E OF AUSTKALIA, I., 



Key to the specks of Aelurns. 



<^ J . A. Scutellum broadly rounded at the apex. 



'I. Black, legs and antennaj ferruginous. Atl. 'jrandiceps, n.sp, 



B. Scutellum subtriangular. 



b. Legs and four basal abdominal segments bright rufo-testaceou^^. 



Ael. rujTcru'i, n.sp. 



AkL. GRANDICEPS, n.sp. 



(J. Clypeus with a carina from the base almost reaching the 

 apex, smooth at the apex, finely rugulose on the sides.- Head 

 very large, produced beliind the eyes, shallowly but strongly 

 punctured; a V-shaped carina between the antennae. Prothorax 

 very sparsely and shallowly punctured, tlie anterior margin raised. 

 Mesothorax sparsely punctured on the disc, densely and finely on 

 the sides. Scutellum rounded posteriorly. Median segment 

 short, reticulate, almost smooth at the base, obliquely truncate. 

 A short sulca from the base of the first abdominal segment, and 

 a minute tubercle at the base beneath; a transverse impressed 

 line near the base of segments 2-5. Epipygium truncate at the 

 iipex, hypopygiuni rounded and ciliated. Abdomen shining, 

 shallowly and sparseh' punctured. Black, with a little fulvous 

 pubescence; mandibles, except the apex, antennte and legs, fulvous. 

 AYings fulvo-hyaline, nervures fulvous. Length 15 mm. 



^. Head rectangular, the posterior angles slightly rounded, 

 much longer than broad, strongly punctured, the punctures large 

 and elongate; front produced into a very small blunt tubercle on 

 each side at the base of the antenna. Clypeus with a median 

 carina. Thorax and median segment with deep, elongate punc- 

 tures, often confluent. Prothorax subquadrate, slightly narrowed 

 anteriorly; median segment longer than the prothorax, ^ ery little 

 broadened posteriorly, obliquely truncate. Abdomen cylindrical, 

 punctured, the punctures shallower than those on the thorax, but 

 more elongate and confluent. Pygidium simple, rounded at the 

 apex. Castaneous-brown, the abdomen darker. Lengfli 10 mm. 



Hab,- Sydney, N. 8.W. 



