82 Mr. E. E. Turner 07i Fossorial Ilijmeiwplera. 



$ . Head and tliorax rugose, abdomen closely punctured ; 

 basal area ol: median segment irregularly and ratlier finely 

 reticulate ; sixtb dorsal segment rugose. Clypeus without 

 carinse, very sliallowly emarginate at the apex, the angles 

 of the emargination very feebly produced. Median segment 

 much shorter than the scutellum. Second ventral segment 

 convex, not angular at the base; segments 3-5 Avith a spine 

 on each side at the apical angles ; sixth dorsal segment 

 rounded, serrate at the sides, with at least four teeth on each 

 side. Hind tibiae almost smooth. Second recurrent nervure 

 interstitial with the first transverse cubital nervure ; second 

 cubital cell petiolate. 



Hub. Brisbane ; January (/7flc/cer). From the Queensland 

 Museum. 



This is near nudiventris, but the sculpture of the median 

 segment differs ; also the shape of the pygidium and the 

 number of teeth on the sides. 



Ni/sson (^Acanthostethus) confertus, sp. n. 



(5 . Niger ; flagello basi subtus, scapo apice, tegulis, abdomine 

 segmento primo, segmentis 2-7 linea transversa apicah, pedi- 

 busque ferrugineis ; segmentis dorsalibiis 1-5 macula transversa 

 apieali utrinque fiava ; alls hyalinis, venis fusco-fenugineis. 

 Long. 7 mm. 



(^ . Clypeus widely and sliallowly emarginate at the apex, 

 the angles of the emargination produced into short spines. 

 Apical joint of the flagellum sligiitly curved, hollowed be- 

 neath and scarcely longer than the penultimate. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen closely punctured, the punctures on 

 the abdomen becoming gradually finer from the base ; basal 

 area of the median segment coarsely longitudinally striated, 

 the dorsal surface of the median segment as long as the 

 scutellum. Ventral segments 2-4 with an apical fringe of 

 long whitish hairs, segments 3-5 with a small spine on each 

 side at the apical angles; seventh dorsal segment with three 

 spines at the apex, the middle one blunt and subtriangular. 

 Second recurrent nervure interstitial with the first transverse 

 cubital nervure, second cubital cell Avith a short petiole. 



Hab. Cairns, Queensland {Dodd). 



1 do not think that this can be the male of brisbaneiisis, 

 owing to the much longer median segment, the difference in 

 the sculpture of the median segment^ and the much Hner 

 puncturatiou. 



