242 [Apiii. 



with a raised line at the base. Mandibles black, yellow in the middle. 

 Abdomen sub-cylindrical, segments 1 — 3 with the anterior half sca- 

 briculons. 



July 19th, 1873. East side of Wide Bay. Three specimens. 



OETHOCENTEUS, Gr. 

 Oethocentetjs eeptilis, n. sp. 



Nitidus, impunctatus,f ronte et facie l(BfiusciiUs ; abrJominis segmentis infer se 

 distincte separatis ; xegmento j)rimo apice et laterlbus siriolato, carinulis ohsolelis ; 

 secundo latitudine longiore, apice (cum sequeniibusj fortiter comprexso ; septimo 

 hrevi ; terehra vix exserta. Alarum stigma mediocre; nervus radialis externus in- 

 crassatus, incurvatus ; areola dejiciens ; nervus transversus analis obsoletus ; alcB 

 imperfectcB, abdomine multo breviores. 3fetathoracis area supero- et postero-media 



confusce ; cateroB nulla}. Antennarum articulis tertius sub-quadratus . Niger, 



pedibus piceo-testaceis,femoribus coxisque posticis validis. $ . Long. 1 lin. {vix). 



Belongs to Holmgren's Sec. I, Div. II, Subd. 2, A, Spp. 21 — 35. 

 The shortness of the wings, which are unfit for flight, distinguishes 

 this species from all others of the genus. In one of the two specimens 

 preserved, the wings are altogether torn o&, in the other they are in 

 their natural state. 



July 31st, 1873. Loom Bay. Two specimens, one in bad condition. 



MESOCHOEUS, Gr. 



Mesochobus doloeosus, n. sp. 



Segmentum 1^*"* abdominis apice Icevissimum ; unguiculi tarsorum inermes ; 

 fades latitudine longior (Holmgr. Sec. I, D, a). Nitidulus, punctulafiis, niger ; ore, 

 clgpei apice, palpis, alarum stigmata, segmenti 2"^* margine posticOjpedibtisqueyfusco- 

 testaceis ; plica ventralifava. $. Long. 2^ lin. 



Head scarcely narrowed behind the eyes, pubescent ; face sub- 

 quadrate, punctate, cheeks not buccated ; antennae a little shorter than 

 the body, attenuated towards the apex. Thorax not narrower than 

 the head, pubescent ; superior areae of the metathorax five, distinct. 

 Abdomen smooth, glabrous ; the first segment curved, Avide (for the 

 genus), the medial channel distinct ; the second longer than its breadth ; 

 terebra less than one-third of the length of the first segment. The 

 radial nerve slightly bent at its apex ; the transverse internal cubital 

 nerve interstitial ; the anal transverse nerve straight ; areolet large, 

 receiving the recuirent nervure very little befoi'e the middle. 



August 2nd, 1873. Ilecla Cove. Six specimens. 



ICHNEUTES, Nees. 

 IcHNEUTES EEUNiTOE, Necs, Mag. Gres. Berl., 1816, p. 276, pi. 7, f . 3, &c. 

 Eight individuals from Hecla Cove, taken on the same day as the 

 preceding. They belong to Wesmael's species I. irevis, which is sup- 

 posed to be a small variety of reunitor. Both forms are occasionally 

 found in England. 



Bclsizo Park Gardens, N.W. : 

 February, 1877. 



