CI 2 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenopleva. 



Hub. Kurauda, Queensland [F. P. JDodd). 

 Allied to sanguinolentus, Turn.^ especially in the strongly 

 compressed head of the female. 



Eurohiveria immitis, sp. n. 



J . Niger ; clypeo basi, pronoto antice et jjostice, mesopleuris 

 anlice, postscutello, segmentis dorsalibus 1-5 macula laterali 

 obliqua utrinque, tibiis subtus tarsisque auterjoribvis albis ; seg- 

 mentis abdominalibus 5-7 rufo-ferrugineia ; alis hyaliuis, sub- 

 iridescentibiis, nervulis nigris ; clypeo convexo, elongate, latitu- 

 dine aequilongo, apice anguste truncato ; pronoto baud emar- 

 ginato ; hypopygio tridentato. 



2 • Nigra ; abdomine pedibusque testaceis ; capite modice com- 

 presso, latitudine longiore, antice paullo dilatato ; segmento 

 pecundo dorsali transverse tricarinato, margiue jiosteriore insuper 

 elevate ; pygidio elongate, angusto. 

 Long., c? 7 mm., $ 4 mm. 



(J . Clypeus convex, as long as broad, produced and 

 narrowly truncate at the apex ; the labrura slightly exposed. 

 Antennae about as long as the thorax without the median 

 segment ; the interantennal carina low and almost trans- 

 verse. Head closely punctured on the front, more sparsely 

 on the vertex ; thorax rather sparsely and finely punctured ; 

 base of the median segment and the whole dorsal surface 

 of the abdomen smooth and shining, the ventral surface of 

 the abdomen sparsely punctured. Pronotum nearly half as 

 long in the middle as the mesonotum, the anterior margin 

 almost transverse ; scutellum depressed at the base, not very 

 strongly convex, broadly truncate at the apex. Median 

 segment rounded. A strong depression in front of the 

 mesopleurse for the reception of the anterior femora. Abdo- 

 minal segments strongly constricted at the base ; the abdomen 

 slender, sixth ventral segment with a spine on each side at 

 the apical angles ; hj^popygium ending in three spines, the 

 middle spine the longest. 



? . Head flattened above, longer than broad, slightly 

 ■widened anteriorly, moderately compressed, the sides 

 flattened, smooth and shining. Thorax sparsely punctured; 

 pronotum as long as broad, the anterior angles prominent. 

 Apical margin of the first dorsal segment strongly depressed, 

 second segment with four strong transverse carince including 

 the raised apical margin ; pygidium long and very narrow ; 

 abdomen almost smooth, with a few large punctures. 

 Hub, Kuranda, Queensland (F. P. Docld). 



