248 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



XXIV. — Notes on Foss^rial Hijmenoptera. — XX. On some 

 Larriiife in the British Museum. By RovvLAN D E. Turner, 

 F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Key to the Australian S^eci'es 0/ Liris. 

 22- 



Wings yellow, with a pale fuscous marpin ; 



legs ferruginous ; tbe whole dorsal sur- [fnihs^^. maffni/lca, Viohl. 



face clothed with golden pubescence . . L. hiemorrhoidalis, Fabr., 

 Wings pale fuscous ; legs black ; without 



golden pubescence L. ntelania, Turn. 



Liris melania, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra, subopaca ; segmento metliano opaco, delicatissime trans- 

 verse striate ; area pygidiali setosa, aureo-pilosa ; alls fusco- 

 hyalinis, venis fuscis. 

 Long. 17 mm. 



? . Clypeus finely and closely punctured, with a deep 

 depression in the middle of the apical martriii. Second joint 

 of tlie flagellum equal to the third, twice as long as the fiist. 

 Eyes touching the posterior margin of tlie liead^ separated on 

 the vertex by a distance not quite equal to the length of the 

 second joint of the flagellum. Cheeks and tiie base of the 

 mandibles clothed with fine silver pubescence. Pronotum 

 not reaching the level of the mesonotum, higher in the 

 middle than at the sides. Thorax subopaque, minutely punc- 

 tured ; median segment about equal in length to the meso- 

 notum, very finely and closely transversely striated, with a 

 lonoitudinal sulcus from the base to the apex, the sides of 

 the dorsal surface and of the posterior truncation more coarsely 

 striated. Abdomen subopaque, microscopically punctured ; 

 obscure apical bands of fine whitish pubescence, broadly 

 interrupted in the middle on tlie three basal dorsal segments. 

 Pygidial area subtriani^u'ar, narrowly rounded at the apex, 

 shaped as in L. gibhom, Kohl, clothed with fine golden 

 pubescence, and with nuinerQUS black setae. Second vt^tral 

 segment swollen near the base as in Notogonia, with a carina 

 from the base to the middle. Second abscissa of the r;idius 

 as long as the third, the two recurrent nervures received veiy 

 close to each other. 



Bah. Cairns district, Q. {collected by F. P. Dodd and 

 ^neseuted by Dr. Perkins). 



Tiiis was recorded by me as L, ducalis, Sm. (Trans. Ent. 



