491 



thorax duller, propodeum elongate and not very high, very hne- 

 ly transversely rugulose at the sides and posteriorly, and with- 

 out clothing- of erect hairs. Legs not noticeably hairy. Length 

 3 mm. 



This species ditYers greatly in superficial appearance from E. 

 sollfariiis. which has a ferruginous thorax, but structurally it is 

 rather closely allied. 



Hab: Mittagong. N. S. W. : collected in grass, January i8th, 

 up5, by Koebele. 



Ncodryiiiiis. 



This name in the list of species, on page 29 of Ft. i, three 

 lines from the bottom, is by error printed as Ncogoiiatol>iis. 



Dryiniis Latr. 



The generic characters of female Dryiiiiis. as given b\ differ- 

 ent authors, disagree so in such essential points, that without 

 specimens or an adequate description of the type species, 1 can- 

 not fix these characters. Latreille in his characterization of the 

 genus in i8oc) clearly confounded characters peculiar to dni'ito- 

 pus with those of Dryiiiits. His original description in T805 is 

 not accessible to me. Marshall in his paper describing D. far- 

 raconensis gives no characters of use to me, bnt the hgure 

 of this insect is useful for generic purposes. Haliday shows well 

 the distinction between the mouth-parts of Dryiniis and Goiiato- 

 piis. 1 herewith give some of the diverse characterizations of 

 Dryiniis as given by different authors. 



Latreille, 1809. 

 Mandibles 4-dentate. 

 Maxillary palpi 5-jointed. 

 Labial 3-jointed or with -i 



distinct. 

 Parapsides '^ 



ALTrshall. 1868. 

 Characters of ' mouth-parts 



entirely omitted. 

 Parapsidal furrows distinct in 



figure and parallel. 



Haliday, 1833. 

 Maxillary })alpi 6-jointed. 

 Other characters not men- 

 tioned. 



Ash mead, 1893. 

 Mandibles 3-dentate. 

 Maxillary palpi 6-jointed. 

 Labial palpi 2-jointed. 

 Parallel parapsidal furrows 

 figured on plate. 



