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



sulcus. Tarsal ungues unidcntate, hind tibiae moderately spinose ; 

 ncuration of wings as in the female. 



Hob. Mackay, Q. (Turner), 1 $, November 1897; 1 <^, 

 Februar}^ 1899. 



5. Psammochares frontalis, Fabr. 



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

 Pmnptlus frontalis, Fabr., Syst. Piez., p. 188, 1804, o. 



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. Psammochares semiluctuosus, .Sm. 



Pompilus semiluctuosus, Sm., Cat, Hym. 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. Psammochares fcerthoudi, sp. n. 



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

 fascia transversa apicali, scutello angulis basalibus, postscutello 

 macula magna mediana, maculaque minore utrinquo angulis 

 apicalibus, mesopleuris fascia obliqua, segmento mediano angulis 

 basalibus et apicalibus, segmento dorsali primo macula utrinque, 

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

 mentisque vcntralibus secundo tertioque macula utrinque angulis 

 apicalibus albido-pubescentibus ; alls fuscis, apice obscurioribus, 

 venis nigris; metatarso antico spinis septem longis instructo. 



Long. 23 mm. 



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

 fiagellum 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. Median segment scarcely 

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

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



