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



thj/nnus. and perliaps nii<2;lit bo ])laced in the former genus. 

 The nearest ally seems to be Thynnus brisbunensis, Turn., 

 but it is also very near Zospilothynnus rufoluteus, Turn. 

 It differs from brisbanensis in the form of the hypopygium, 

 in the more obhque median segment, and in the less trun- 

 cate first dorsal segment, also in the colour of the legs and 

 apical abdominal segments. The distinct postscutellum 

 of the female is remarkable. 



Family SCOLIIDAE. 



Subfamily ELIDINAE. 

 Elis (Mesa) nursei, Turn. 



Plesia nursei. Turn., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), iii, 



p. 480, 1909, cJ. 

 Elis {Mesa) nursei, Turn.. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 721, 



1912, c^. 



$. Nigra, capite thoraceque crasse, abdomine sparse punctatis, 

 pygidio longitudinaliter rugose striate, alis hyalinis, venis pallide 

 testaceis ; tegulis testaceis, calcaribus albidis. 



Long. 13 mm. 



$. Clypeus with a low carina, strongly punctured, the apical 

 margin smooth and transverse. Head coarsely pimctured, the 

 punctures on the front more or less confluent; scape smooth and 

 shining above, with a few strong piliferous punctures beneath; 

 pronotum coarsely punctured, mesonotum and scutellum rather 

 more sparsely punctured, the parapsidal furrows very distinct. 

 Median segment more finely punctured, not margined posteriorly, 

 the posterior slope rugulose, two convergent longitudinal carinae 

 from the base close to the middle of the median segment. Abdomen 

 rather sparsely and shallowly punctured, the punctures rather 

 large; sixth dorsal segment longitudinally rugose-striate, narrowly 

 rounded at the apex. Basal joint of the hind tarsi with a row of 

 close set hairs beneath. Second abscissa of the radius very little 

 shorter than the third, first recurrent nervure received just before 

 the middle of the second cubital cell, second just before three- 

 quarters from the base of the third cubital cell. 



Hob. Simla (Nurse), September. 



This is nearest to E. ustulata, Turn., but the sculpture 

 is much coarser and the sixth dorsal segment much more 

 narrowly rounded than in that species. E. nursei $ was 



