Anst I'uLntn ti.iid Ta.s)ii(iniait Cuicoj'tci'it. 41 



Scopaeiif< iiitcroruhtrix. n.sp. 



lirownish-tlavous, legs and palpi paler ; four bisnl se<j;ments of 

 abdomen, except inar<iins, infuseated : fifth vljohtly infuscated about 

 l>ase. and feebly infuscated l)et\veen eyes. With very short pale 

 l»ul)esccnre, lonirer at sides and apex of abdomen than elsewhere. 



I!t(i(l. int'ludiny mouth parts, subquadrate : with dense minute 

 punctures. Antennae extcndimi' almost to base of prothorax ; first 

 joint stout, about as long as three foUowino; combined, se-ond to 

 tenth subequal, eleventh not much longer than tenth. J'rofliora,?; 

 slightly narrower and slightly longer than head, subovate, apex pro- 

 duced ; a shallow depression on each side of base marking oft" the base 

 of a very feeble longitudinal elevation ; punctures as on head. Elytra 

 parallel-sided, scarcely longer than wide, the width of prothorax, and 

 with slightly larger punctures. Abdomen feel)ly increasing in width 

 to apex of fifth segment, thence decreasing rapidly to apex. Lfg>i not 

 verv long; femora rather stout. Length -"i. to apex of abdomen 

 1^ mm. 



Hdh. — New South Wales: Sydney, from a nest of Irnhniii/niit' r sp. 

 (A. M. Lea). 



In size and sliaiic much like S. duhtwi and .V. om-ol/is, but very 

 dififerently coloured. 



Lithofluirix (■(nil jitiiiofi, n.s]). 



Bright fiavous red, appendages somewhat paler, apical two-fifths of 

 elytra, and basal two-thirds of upper surface of fifth abdominal segment 

 black. Clothed wuth short depressed pubescence : sides Avith a few 

 short hairs, becoming longer and denser towards and at apex of 

 abdomen. 



Ht(uL including niaudibles, slightly longer than wide, sides almost 

 parallel behind eyes, between them the derm somewhat flattened; with 

 dense minute punctures. Antennae extending to base of prothonix, 

 first joint aljout as long as second and third combined, each of these 

 a trifle longer than each (jf the others to tenth, eleventh subconical, 

 about half as long again as tenth. I'l-titlutrdi with front almost the 

 exact width of head, and the angles right-angles ; sides gently decreas- 

 ing in width to base, with basal angles rounded ; punctures much 

 as on head. Elyti-a just perceptibly longer than wide, the width 

 of head, bas il and apical angles rounded, sides |>arallel, apex slightly 

 oblique to middle ; punctures small but more distinct than on pro- 

 thorax. Ahdoiiun parallel-sided or gently increasing in width to 

 beyond the middle, thence rapidly decreasing to apex, fourth segment 

 distinctly lunger than third, fifth longer than third and fourth com- 

 bined. Leg)t not very long : femora stimt. Length 2|, to apex of 

 elytra H mm. 



