44 Arthur M. Lea: 



as dark as fhe rest of the ujtper surface. The four apical joints of 

 antennae are rather more than half the total lenpfth ; the eighth is 

 very little longer than t!ie ninth. 



*( 'fe/usojtlnis niorosu-s, Kaffr. 



Mr. (Jrithth has taken this species in Tasnuuiia from nests of 

 EctatiHiinui nirtalJiniiii : and I have taken three from a nest of 

 I'oli/rliar/i is hexucantlui. 



Cleinsoph ax viriidJift, King. 



Dr. Ferguson has taken sexes of this s})ecies from a nest of termites 

 {Enttnnex, sp.) at Xarrnmine. 



*(_'trin>i()p]iii>i I//I //rrssiis. Sharp. 



Mr. Griffith has taken near Adelaide a specimen of tliis species from 

 a nest of Erf(/to//i uui Mai/ri. 



T ntf-si plio) tix liftplon j)luil ux, n.sp. 



3- Keddish castaneous, elytra, tarsi and palpi paler. "With 

 moderately dense short imbescence, tij) of elytra rather densely 

 clothed, a fascicle of golden hairs on each .side of base of head. 



Head with two small inter-ocular foveae, front longitudinally ini- 

 I'ressed between antennary ridges, a snuill acute conical tubercle or 

 spine behind each eye ; densely punctate all over. Antennae 

 modfci-ately long ; third to eighth joints transverse, ninth subcjuadrate, 

 njuch wider than eighth, and ahnost as long as three preceding com- 

 bined, tenth aljout as large as ninth, scooped out on one side, eleventh 

 lop-sided, and about once and one-half as long as tenth. Palpi with 

 a strong spine on each of the second and third joints, the apical joint 

 strongly jjroduced on one side and acutely produced at apex. Pri>- 

 thorar slightly longer than wide, sides widest at about apical third, 

 thence incurved to base ; with a snndl mcdio-basal fovea, and a larger 

 but shallower one on each side ; punctures as on head. Eltitrn lightly 

 transverse; each with dorsal stria, rather wide on basal half and 

 scarcely traceable beyond the middle ; witli clearly defined punctures, 

 not as dense as on prothorax. Atxloineii with a strong narrow carina 

 on each side of the second and third segments : lower surface with a 

 very feel)le tlejU'cssion in middle of st cond and tlii.d segments. 

 Trucha liters unarmed ; front libiac excavated in iniddk of iunci- sur- 

 face. Length '1^ mm. 



//a6.--New South Wales: Xarromine. from a nrst of white ants 

 (E. W. Fergustui). 



The head is armed behind each eye sonu'what as in 7'. fm/itfopliilus. 

 In shape it is much like 7'. po/ierae and 7'. f<r in in n iis. Imt the head 



