64 Mi'. R. E. Turner on Fossvrial Ilymenoptera. 



^phelotonia tusmaiiica, Westw. 



Aphehfomn tasmanica, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud., Journ. of Proc. 

 p. 13 (1840). 2- 



Hab. Tasman's Arch ; February. Eaglehawk Neck ; 

 March. Victoria. 



Taken running- on dead Eucah/ptus-logs in which ohl 

 beetle-holes were numerous. Although of considerably 

 smaller size, this wasp bears a considerable resemblance to 

 ants of the genus Myrmecia, especially M. esuriens, Pabr , 

 and another s])ecies with red legs, Myrmecia jiilosula, Sm. 

 When alarmed tlie wasp often picks up a fraj^jment of dead 

 stick or leaf, which it carries in its mandibles, thus increasing 

 the resemblance to the ant. Aphelotoma auriventris. Turn,, 

 a species with a wide range in the southern halt of Australia, 

 also bears a considerable likeness to Myrmecia mandi/jn/aris, 

 Sra., thongh the difference in size is very great ; I have 

 never seen this s|)ecies or any of the Queenslarul species of 

 Aphelotoma carrying anythins: in their mandibles. The 

 Tasmanian species is considerably larger than any other of 

 the genus. 



I have not seen males from Tasmania or females from 

 Victoria, and it is possible that the Victorian males belong 

 to a different species, the pronotura being more coarsely 

 rugose and the first recurrent nervure interstitial with the 

 first transverse cubital nervure. 



Aphelotoma auriventris, Turn. 



Aphelot'ima auriventris, Tiu-u. Ann. & Mag. Nat. lli.-^t. (7) xix. p. 2(19 

 (1907). 



Hah. Grjimpian Hills, Victoria ; Kangaroo Ij^land^ S.A. ; 

 Yaliingup, S.W. Australia. 



Aphelotoma affinis, Turn. 



Ajihehtoma offinis, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 341 (1010). J . 



This is nearer to striaticollis than to any other species, 

 but may be distinguished by the colour of the clypeus and 

 antennae and by the sonicwhat finer sculjjture of the pro- 

 notum and median segment. It is possible that it may 

 prove to be a variety of that species. 



