Rev. F. D. Morice's Notes on Australian Sawflies. 287 



CEREALCES, W. F. KIRBY. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



The genus Cerealces is known only from Australia. It 

 contains two species only, both described by W. F. Kirby, 

 and of each <$<$ only have occurred. These may be 

 separated as follows — 



Scutellum rufo -fulvous ; hind tibiae entirely pale yellowish- 

 brown. Antennae 10-jointed, the joints except the two 

 first and the last distinctly (but not paradoxically) dilated 

 at their apices scutellata, \Y. F. Kirby. 



Type in B.M. " South Australia.'" 



— Scutellum black (with only the tubercles at its apex yellow); 

 hind tibiae with black apices. Antennae 11- or 12-jointed, 

 the intermediate joints paradoxically expanded (cup-like) 

 at their apices. (The antennae of the Type are now un- 

 fortunately lost !) .... cyathiformis, W. F. Kirby. 



Type in B.M. No precise locality is given. 



PHILOMASTIX, FROGGATT. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



Two species of Philomastix have been described, namely 

 macleayii, Westw. (= glaber, Froggart), and nancarrowi, 

 Froggatt; the latter, by some oversight, is not included 

 in Konow's list in Genera Insectorum. Westwood, as I 

 have elsewhere mentioned, mistakenly described macleayii 

 as a Perga, but this error does not invalidate the specific 

 name which he gave to it, and this therefore has priority 

 as against that proposed by Froggatt. 



The species are practically identical in colour, at any 

 rate in the $$ (I have seen no <$<$ of macleayii). But they 

 seem to differ considerably in size, macleayii being the 

 larger species, and also apparently always in the number 

 of antenna] joints, as stated below. It is curious that, in 

 nancarrowi at least, the $ antennae are shorter than the 

 $, and yet have more joints ! See PL XII, Figs. 5, 6. 



Westwood's Type of macleayii is at Oxford. The Types 

 of nancarrowi and glaber are, I suppose, in Australia, 



