552 Mr. E,. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 



Subfamily Parantssoninm. 



Sphodrotes punctuosus, Kohl. 



Sphodrotes punctuosus, Kohl, Ann. natur. Hofmus. Wien, iv. p. 189 



(1889). c?. 



A single male taken in February on Leptospermum-h\o?:?,om 

 at EaglehaM'k Neck. Kohl described tlie species from New 

 South Wales, and I have seen specimens of the male from 

 Mt. Kosciusko in the Australian Museum, but no female. 



Serkophorus chalyhcBus, Sm. 



Sericophorus chalyhceus, Sm. Ann. & Mao:. Nat. Hist. (2) vii. p. 33 



(1851). §. 

 Tachyrrhostus cyaneus, Sauss. Mem. soc. pliys. & hist. nat. Geneve, xiv. 



p. 1 (1854). ?. 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck ; February. 

 Four females taken burrowing in sand. 



ZoypMum iridipenne, Turn. 



Zoyphium iridipenne, Turn. Ann. & Ma^. Nat. Ilist. (8) xiv. p. 356 

 (1914). $. 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck ; February. 

 On Lepto8permum-h\os,&ova. 



Subfamily Cbabeoninm. 



Crdbro {Solenius) tasmanicus, Sm. 

 Crahro tasmanicus, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 425 (1856). $ . 



Hah. Ferntree, 1300 ft. 



A pair taken on Lep>tos2}ermum-h\o^&om in January. 



Genus Rhopalum, Kirby. 

 Key to the Tasmanian Species. 



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1. First abdominal segment shorter than the 



second ; black, the trochanters yellovr ; 



len<rth 5-6 mm R. frenchii, Turn, 



First abdominal segment as long as or longer 

 than the second ; trochanters black ; length 

 over 6 mm 2. 



2. Hind tibife distinctly spinose 3. 



Hind tibiae not spinose R. eucalypti, Turn. 



3. Three basal segments of abdomen bright red, 



tibire and tarsi yellow R. tricolor, Sm. 



Abdomen wholly black, tarsi more or less yel- 

 low, fore tibife only yellow on the outside . R. variitarse, Turn. 



