BY R. E. TURNER. 623 



punctured. Stigma at least two and a half times as long as the 

 greatest breadth, second abscissa of the radius almost as long as 

 the first, the recurrent nervure received by the first cubital cell 

 at a distance from the apex equal to rather less than half the 

 length of the first transverse cubital nervure. The wings are 

 strongly iridescent. 



Hab.— Eaglehawk Neck, S.E. Tasmania; also from Hobart; 

 three females, early in March. 



Taken on a fallen Eucalyptus tree, going into small holes. 



This species and S. australis Turn., show a near approach to 

 the genus Harpactophilus. 



