54 Mr. E,. E. Turner on New Species of 



transversely striated. Abdomen shining, almost smooth; the 

 seventh dorsal segment sparsely and shallowly punctured, broadly 

 truncate at the apex; apical ventral segment closely punctured, 

 hairy, deeply divided longitudinally in the middle. Radial cell 

 open at the apex, but the radius is indicated by a brown continua- 

 tion almost to the apex of the wing; cubitus indicated by a white 

 scar beyond the first transverse cubital nervure, the latter indicated 

 by a brown scar, the second transverse cubital by a white scar. 



Hah. Sierra Leone, Tamadu (J. J . Siynpson), June. 



There is no tooth on the inner side of the mandibles as 

 there is in D. conradti, Stadehn., and the carina of the 

 prosternum is not furcate as in D. rosmarus, Stadehn. 



Family MUTILLIDAE. 



Ephutomorpha contigua, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; mandibulis basi, tuberculisque antennalibus fusco- 

 ferrugineis; thorace rufo-ferrugineo ; flagello subtus, tarsisque 

 brunneo-ferrugineis ; segmento dorsali primo apice late luteo; 

 segmento dorsali secundo obscure aeneo-virescente. 



Long. 4 mm. 



$. Antennal tubercles well developed, rounded; second joint 

 of the flagellum distinctly longer than the third. Eyes oval, with 

 distinct facets, situated nearer to the posterior margin of the head 

 than to the base of the mandibles. Head nearly as broad as the 

 thorax, feebly rounded at the posterior angles, closely and not very 

 finely punctured. Thorax closely punctured rugose on the anterior 

 two-thirds, the apical third coarsely rugose, the sides of the apical 

 slope feebly serrate; the thorax broadest anteriorly, the anterior 

 angles feebly rounded, the anterior margin almost transverse, the 

 length of the thorax greater by about one quarter than the greatest 

 breadth, abrujitly but not strongly narrowed behind the middle, 

 a small tuft of erect white hairs on the mesopleurae. Second dorsal 

 segment a little longer than the greatest breadth, the sides rather 

 strongly convex, closely punctured rugulose; with an apical patch 

 of white hairs, which is continued as a median band on the third, 

 fourth and fifth segments. Pygidial area triangular, finely longi- 

 tudinally striated. 



Ilab. S. Queensland, Brisbane (Hacker), December. 



Nearest to E. virulenta, Turn., from S.W. Australia, 

 but the thorax is less strongly narrowed posteriorly than 

 in that species, the colour of the thorax is much brighter, 



