G04 Mr. E. E. Turner on FvsscrmJ TJymenoptera. 



Eirone marginicollis , sp. n. 



S . Niger ; mandihulis, clj-peo, scapo, pronoto, tegulis, mesonoto 

 macula quadrata, scutello, postscutello, segmentoque mediano 

 postice flavis ; abdomine segmentis 4 basalibus nifo-testaceis ; 

 pedibiis testaceis, flavo-variegatis ; alls hyalinis, iridesceiitibus, 

 nervulis fuscis. 



5 . Rufo-castanea ; capite latitudine sesqui longiore ; abdomine 

 nitido, c5'lindrico. 



Long., (S 7 mm., 2 4 mm. 



(^ . Clypeus convex, subcarinate from tlie base almost to 

 the apex, slightly produced and truncate at the apex. An- 

 tennse inserted further from each other than from the eyes, 

 without a frontal prominence between them. Head and 

 thorax finely and closely punctured, more coarsely on the 

 head than on the thorax; pronotum smooth and shining, 

 with the anterior margin straight and very strongly raised, 

 the propleiirre strongly concave. Scutellum subtruncate or 

 very broadly rounded at the apex ; median segment short 

 and broad, obliquely sloped posteriorly. Abdomen shining 

 and almost smooth, fusiform ; the hypopygium broadly 

 rounded. Third abscissa of the radius longer than the 

 second ; first recurrent nervure received at the middle of the 

 second cubital cell, second at about one-third from the base 

 of the third cubital cell. 



? . The whole insect shining, very sparsely and finely 

 punctured. Head rectangular, about half as long again as 

 broad, very slightly convex ; the eyes very small, not quite 

 touching the base of the mandibles. Pronotum a little 

 shorter than the median segment, slightly narrowed ante- 

 riorly, about half as long again as the greatest breadth, 

 narrower thati tl\e head. Scutellum small, rectangular, a 

 little longer than broad. Median segment a little broadened 

 from the base, nearly twice as long as the greatest breadth. 

 Abdomen slender, cylindrical; pygidium simple. Inter- 

 mediate coxae verv narrowly separated, 



Hab. Port Darwin (F. P. Docld) ; March. 



Subfamily Tutnninm. 



Mons. J.Brethes (An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, xx. pp. 20.5- 

 316, 1910) has recently published a paper in which he deals 

 with many species of Thynnidse and Scoliidas from Argen- 

 tina and the adjacent countries. He has unfortunately 

 overlooked one or two of my papers published two years 

 previoush^ and, through no fault of his own, was unac- 



