544 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptei'a. 



Legs aud usually abdomen also bright rufo-testa- 

 ceous ; hypopygiuin gradually produced into 

 a long spine A. maritimas, Tiii"n. 



22- 



Anterior margin of the pronotiim not raised ; the 



elevated portion of the first dorsal segment 



before the depressed apical margin with a 



distinct median emarginatiou A. westiooodi, Guer. 



Anterior margin of the pronotum raised, forming 



a mai'ginal carina; elevated portion of first 



dorsal segment not emarginate, almost 



straight on the posterior margin A. maritimus, Turn. 



Asthenothynnus loesttooodi, Guer. 



Af/}-iomyia tvesttvoodi, Guer. Mag. de Zool. p. 4 (1842). (^ . 

 Thynnus intricatus, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. vii. p. 30 (1859). -^ . 

 Thynnns longiceps, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. vii. p. 46 (1859). 9- 

 Thynnus nanus, Sm. Descr. New Sp. Hym. p. 171 (1879). c? . 



Hah. Ferntree, Mt. Welling-ton ; January. Eaglehavvk 

 Neck ; February. Also from Victoria and New South 

 Wales. 



This is a common Tasmanian species. Gudrin's type was 

 from Tasmania, also the types of intricatus and longiceps. 

 The type of nanus also came from Tasmania. 



Asthenothynnus mai'itimus^ sp. n. 



(J. Black; legs (except the coxse) and abdomen (except 

 the base of the first segment) bright rufo-testaceous ; man- 

 dibles, anterior margin of the clypeus, inner margin of the 

 eyes, margins of the pronotum, a large spot on the mesopleura?, 

 a spot on the tegulge and a curved line above them, a small 

 spot on the posterior margin of the mesonotum, a longitudinal 

 mark on the scutellum, a transverse band on the postscutellum, 

 and a spot on the sides of the median segment near the apex 

 yellow ', a spot on each side on the vertex near the summit 

 of the eyes dull ferruginous red. 



Head and thorax closely and finely punctured, clypeus 

 with a short longitudinal carina from the base, the inter- 

 antennal prominence only slightly developed, a very shallow 

 groove on the front not reaching the anterior ocellus. 

 Median segment with a shallow groove from the base not 

 reaching the apex. Abdomen slender and somewhat flat- 

 tened, the first segment much longer than the second, very 

 slender at the base, the second at the apex half as broad again 

 as the apex of the first. Sides of the hypopygium gradually 

 convergent to the median spine. Wings hyaline, the third 



