614 Mr, 11. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 



setse on each side, ventral plate broadly rounded at the 

 apex. 



Hub. Kuranda, Queensland {F. P. Docld) ; September. 



This species is somewhat intermediate between the genera 

 Zaspilothynnus and Leptothynnus. Unfortunately the an- 

 tennse of the male are broken. 



Family Scoliidae. 

 Subfamily Eliding. 



Myzine {Pseudomeria) neavei, sp. n. 



2 • Nigra, nitida, sparsissime punctata, albo-pilosa ; flagoilo mandi- 

 bulisque basi fusco-ferrugineis ; tarsis testaceis ; prouoto, meso- 

 noto scutelloque rufis ; segmento abdominali secundo fascia 

 interrupta, tertio macula utrinque albis. 

 Long. 10 mm. 



? . Head subrectangular, nearly half as broad again as long, 

 slightly rounded at the posterior angles, smooth and shining ; 

 the clypeus short and transverse. Scape smooth and 

 shining above, clothed with long grey hairs beneath ; the 

 basal joint of the flagellum concealed, only ten joints 

 visible, the apical joint the longest. Ocelli small ; the eyes 

 ovate and touching the bases of the mandibles. Long grey 

 pubescence on the posterior margin of the head, the anterior 

 margin of the pronotum, the pleurse, and more sparsely on 

 the sides of the abdomen. Pronotum nearly as long as the 

 greatest breadth, slightly narrowed anteriorly, shining, with 

 a {ew scattered punctures. Pleurse closely punctured, the 

 sides of the median segment smooth. Mesonotum very 

 short, smooth ; scutellum closely punctured, longer than 

 the mesonotum ; median segment shining, obliquely sloped 

 posteriorly. Abdomen shining, with a few scattered punc- 

 tures, the sixth dorsal segment rounded at the apex. 

 Wings very short, reaching a little beyond the base of the 

 second doi'sal segment, the fore wings deeply bilobed, the 

 stigma situated at about one-sixth from the base. 



Black; flagellum and mandibles at the base fusco- 

 ferruginous ; tarsi testaceous ; pronotum, mesonotum, and 

 scutellum red ; a transverse band narrowly interrupted in 

 the middle on the second dorsal abdominal segment and a 

 spot on each side of the third white. Wings fusco-hyaline, 

 with a bronze flvish. 



Hah. Mombera District, Nyassaland, 4000 ft. (S. A. 

 Neave) ; June 1910. One specimen. 



Type in P.M. (J. E. /?. C). 



