BY ROWLAND E. TURNEK. 251 



L. RUFOPICTA Sill. 



Thynnus rufopictus ^m., Descr, n.Sp. Hyni. p. 159, ii.3, 1879((J). 



The basal portion of the clypeus is raised and narrowlj^ 

 triangular, the apical portion is abruptl}' depressed and trans- 

 versely truncate at the apex. The head is produced behind the 

 eyes, strongly rounded at the posterior angles, liroader than the 

 prothorax. Head and thorax very tinely and closely punctured, 

 median segment and abdomen almost smooth, the abdomen 

 elongate fusiform. The scutellum is broadly rounded at the 

 apex. The epipygium is elongate, punctured, narrowly truncate 

 at the apex, the hypopygiuni nari-ow and ciliated at the apex. 



^. Unknown. 



Hab. — Adelaide, S.A.; Melbourne. 



A variet}' of this species in Coll. Froggatt has the median 

 segment black instead of ferruginous, and is a rather more robust 

 insect, the thorax being broader. 



L. PSEUDOSEDULA, n.sp. 



(J. Clypeus slightly produced, depressed at the extreme apex; 

 head very closely and finely punctured, not much narrowed to 

 the posterior margin, about as wide as the prothorax. Thorax 

 finely and closely punctured, the anterior margin of the pronotum 

 slightly raised. Scutellum narrowly truncate at the apex, median 

 segment very delicately reticulate. Abdomen elongate fusiform, 

 almost smooth; the two apical segments delicately punctured and 

 pubescent, the apical margins of segments 1-4 slightly depressed, 

 and a faint, depressed, transverse line near the base of segments 

 2-5. Black; the anterior margin of the clypeus, the inner margin 

 of tlie eyes, an obscure mark on each side of the vertex, the legs, 

 except the coxae and the base of the trochanters, the apical half 

 of the first and the whole of the second, third and fourth 

 abdominal segments ferruginous ; the mandibles, the anterior 

 margin of the pronotum and a broad band on the posterior 

 margin, and the tegulae, yellow. Wings h3^aline, iridescent ; 

 iiervures testaceous-brown. Length 10 mm. 



Hah. — Adelaide, S. A. 



Type in B.M., ex Coll. Smith. 



