BY ROWLAND E. TURNER. 



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A. BLANDULUS, 11. sp. 



^. Clypeus with a longitudinal median carina from the base to 

 the apex, narrowly produced and truncate at the apex, thickly 

 clothed with grey pubescence. Head densely punctured, pubes- 

 cent, a very short, shallow sulca between the antennae, and a 

 delicate carina from the vertex to between the two posterior 

 ocelli. Thorax densely punctured, most coarsely on the meso- 

 thorax, scutellum broadly rounded at the apex. Median segment 

 finely punctured-rugulose, clothed with grey pubescence. Abdo- 

 men smooth and shining, subpetiolate; a rather deep depression 

 near the base of the second segment. Epipygium with a few 

 deep punctures, pubescent; hypopygium with a spine on each 

 side near the base, thence sharply narrowed into a long apical 

 spine. Entirely black, with ashy-grey pubescence. Wings fusco- 

 hyaline, hyaline at the base. Nervures black. Length 1 1 mm. 



9. Head subquadrate, large, very much broader than the thorax, 

 shining and punctured; the front opaque, very finely and densely 

 punctured, the punctures confluent longitudinally. A short, fine 

 sulca betw^een the antennae, and a slight median depression on 

 the vertex. The mandibles short and blunt. Prothorax narrow 

 and depressed anteriorly, the anterior half with the margins 

 raised, forming a prominent cordiform carina, the enclosed area 

 depressed, the centre of the prothorax transversely elevated and 

 the posterior portion oblique. The mesothorax very small, raised 

 above the posterior margin of the prothorax; the median segment 

 oblique from the base, much broadened to the apex, with a few 

 scattered punctures, shorter than the prothorax. Abdomen 

 shining, finely punctured, the first segment vertically truncate at 

 the base, the third segment the broadest. Epipygium with a 

 strong median carina from the base to the apex. Ferruginous, 

 the abdomen black, the pygidium and the margins of the segments 

 fuscous. Length 9 mm. 



Hab. — Berwick, Vic. 



Types in Coll. Froggatt. 



