66 Mr. 11. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilyinenoptcra. 



the postscutellura. Head, thorax, and median segment 

 covered ^\i\\ dense golden pubescence, which becomes thin 

 on the vertex, the disc of the mesonotnm, and the scutellum. 

 Petiole as long as the third joint of the hind tarsus. Basal 

 joint of the fore tarsi with nine long spines. Third abscissa 

 of the radius scarcely more than half as long as the first. 

 Scutellum convex. 



Hab. N. Queensland, probably from the Cape York 

 Peninsula. 



Allied to vestitus, Sra., but may be easily distinguished 

 by the colour of the legs and by the much greater size, in 

 which points it approaches staudingeri, Grib., from New 

 Guinea. 



Subfamily Trilantuinm. 

 Cerceris calida, sp. n. 



2 . Plava ; capite fascia lata inter oculos, antice utrinque ad an- 

 tennarum basiu producta, mesonoto fasciis tribiis longitudinalibns, 

 segmento mediano area basah linea angusta basalilineaque longi- 

 tudinali mediaua, segmeutis dorsalibus teitio quartoque basi iu 

 medio late, quintoque basi anguste nigris ; petiolo fascia lata 

 longitudiuali, segmento seeundo macula basali flava, area pygidiali 

 jiedibusque posticis pallide ferrugiueis ; alls hyalinis, cellula 

 radiali infuscata, venis ferrngineis ; fiagello pallide ochraceo. 



cJ . FeminsB similis, segmento mediano area basali tota nigra. 

 Long., $ 7, d 6 mm. 



$ . Clypeus with the median lobe broader at the base 

 than long, narrowed towards the apex, slightly porrect at the 

 apex, the margin broadly and shailowly eraarginate. Au- 

 tennje inserted nearly half as far again from the anterior 

 ocellus as from the base of the clypeus, the frontal carina 

 short, but high and pointed between the antennae; second 

 joint of the flagellum distinctly longer than the third ; meso- 

 plenrse without spines or tubercles ; basal area of the median 

 segment smooth^ with a longitudinal sulcus and a few large 

 punctures at the extreme base and on the sides ; postscutellum 

 smooth ; the head, thorax, and abdomen coarsely and closely 

 punctured. Petiole longer than broad, distinctly broader 

 at the base than at the apex; pygidial area elongate-ovate, 

 narrowly truncate at the apex. 



(^ . Petiole nearly twice as long as the breadth at the 

 base ; median lobe of the clypeus longer than broad. 



Hab. Kuranda, N. Queensland; May. 



This is nearest to pradiira, Turn., but, in addition to the 



