366 HYMENOPTERA. 



obscurely ferruginous ; the metathorax smooth and shining, and 

 thinly covered with fuscous pile ; the legs ferruginous, with the 

 coxae fuscous, except at their apex ; the tibiae and femora more 

 or less fuscous above ; the claw-joint of the anterior and inter- 

 mediate tarsi, and the posterior pair, yellow, their extreme base 

 fuscous; the anterior tarsi with long cilia exteriorly; all the 

 tibiae spinose ; wings slightly coloured, with a dark fuscous cloud 

 occupying the marginal cell and extending over the upper half 

 of the second and third submarginal cells, and passing beyond to 

 the apex of the wing ; a fuscous spot at the apex of the externo- 

 medial cell. Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, the se- 

 cond segment yellow, the apical segment ferruginous, the supe- 

 rior surface flat, the lateral margins raised, the surface punc- 

 tured, the apex produced into an elongate style. 



Hab. Port Natal. (Coll. Mr. Plant.) 



24. GORYTES TARSATUS. B.M. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Black : the apex of the scape and 

 the basal joint of the flagellum yellow in front ; an abbreviated 

 yellow line on the inner orbit of the eyes, in the middle ; the 

 apical joint of the flagellum slightly bent ; the face thinly covered 

 with a fine sericeous pile ; the head closely punctured. Thorax 

 coarsely punctured ; the scutellum and post- scutellum coarsely 

 rugose-striate ; the metathorax coarsely rugose, the enclosed 

 space at the base with coarse divergent striae ; the collar with an 

 orange-yellow spot on each side ; the anterior wings with a dark 

 fuscous cloud along their anterior margins; the anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi of a reddish -yellow, the former with a dark stain behind; 

 the tarsi are also darkest above ; the intermediate and posterior 

 tarsi pale yellow, nearly white, the apex of the joints black, as 

 well as the claw-joint of all the tarsi. Abdomen punctured, the 

 first, second and third segments with an orange-yellow marginal 

 fascia ; the first two widest and notched in the middle ; the apex 

 rounded, with the margin ferruginous ; beneath, the second seg- 

 ment is shining, and has a number of large scattered punctures ; 

 the following segments finely punctured at their base and coarsely 

 so on their apical margins. 



Hab, Adelaide. 



25. GoRYTES CARBONARIUS. B.M. 



Female. Length 4i lines. — Jet-black, shining and delicately 

 punctured : the face, cheeks, sides of the thorax and base of 

 the abdomen with a thin black pubescence. The anterior tarsi 

 ciliated ; the mesothorax has an abbreviated slightly impressed 



