70 Mr. R. E. Turner on New Species of 



sulcus. Tarsal ungues unidcntate, hind tibiae moderately spinose; 

 neuration of wings as in the female. 



Hab. Mackay, Q. {Turner), 1 $, November 1897; 1 <^, 

 Febriiarv 1899. 



5. Fsammochares frontalis, Fabr. 



Sphex frontalis, Fabr., Syst. Entom., p. 349, 1775, $. 

 Pompihfs frontalis, Fabr., Syst. Piez., p. 188, 1804, $. 



The male is similar to the female, but has the pubescence 

 on the head and pronotum greyish instead of orange. 

 The seventh dorsal segment is broadly truncate at the 

 apex, the seventh ventral segment carinate longitudinally 

 and produced into a short spine at the apex. 



Hab. Queensland, Brisbane and Mackay. 



6. Fsammochares semiluctuosus, 8m. 



^ Pompilus semiluctuosus, Sm., Cat. Hvm. B. M., iii, p. 166, 

 1855, $. 



This is a large species, with six long, slightly spatulate, 

 spines on the basal joint of the fore tarsi. 

 Hab. Sydney. 



7. Fsammochares berthoudi, sp. n. 



$. Nigra, fronte, clypeo lateribus, pronoto marginibus, mesonoto 

 fascia transversa apicali, scutello angulis basalibus, postscutello 

 macula magna mediana, maculaque minore utrinque angulis 

 apicalibus, mesopleuris fascia . obliqua, segmento mediano angulis 

 basalibus ct apicalibus, segmento dorsali primo macula utrinque, 

 segmentis dorsalibus 1-5 macula transversa apicali utrinque, seg- 

 mentisque ventralibus secundo tertioque macula utrinque angulis 

 apicalibus albido-pubescentibus ; alis fuscis, apice obscurioribus, 

 venis nigris ; metatarso antico spinis septem longis instructo. 



Long. 23 mm. 



$. Clypeus broadly truncate at the apex; second joint of the 

 flagellum very long, nearly as long as the third and fourth com- 

 bined; front flat, without a distinct sulcus, posterior ocelli much 

 nearer to each other than to the eyes. Pronotum strongly arched 

 posteriorly, not angulate; scutellum with a broad dorsal surface, 

 not very strongly compressed laterally. IMcdian segment scarcely 

 longer than the pronotum, much broader than long, the sulcus on 

 the dorsal surface very deep, the lateral tubercles not developed. 



