]\Ir. Jx. E. Turner on Fossor'ud Ilijmeno^^tera. 57 



aud tliorax is short and rather sparse ; the dorsulum and 

 . scutcllum bare, smooth and shining ; the pleurae indistinctly 

 striated. 



Huh. Port Darwin {F. P. Dodd), Ex coll. Peikins. 



This is very near S. rur/ifer, Kohl, of whidi it may prove 



to be a local form. It ditiers, however, in the colour of tlio 



legs and wings and also in the number of strife on the 



median segment. I have not seen typical specimens of 



Subfamily Bembecin^, 

 Bembex latifasciata, sp. n. 



S . Flavo-ochraceus ; flagello supra fusco, infra testaceo ; vertice, 

 mesonoto lineis tribus, hnea median a apicem baud attiiigeute, 

 scutello basi, segnicnto mediano basi, segmento dorsali primo 

 apico et macula parva utrinque, 2-6 basi et apiee, basi bilobatis 

 septimoque basi nigris ; alls hyalinis, veuis basi testaceis, apice 

 fuscis. 



Long. 15 mm. 



$. Labrum not grooved, elypeus strongly convex; front 

 distinctly carinated between the antennae. Apical joint of 

 the flagellum no longer than the penultimate, rather strongly 

 curved and truncate at the apex; joints 9-11 excavated 

 beneath, the eighth joint with a small sjjine beneath. Eyes 

 almost parallel on tlie inner margin. Anterior and inter- 

 mediate femora not dentate ; anterior tarsi not dilated, with 

 seven spines on the outer maigin of the basal joint ; basal 

 joint of intermediate tarsi not dilated. First ventral seg- 

 ment with a stout, blunt tubercle at the base, second with 

 a compressed prominent tubercle, sixth unarmed ; seventh 

 dorsal segment broadly rounded, shallowly subemarginate at 

 the apex. 



$ . Sixth dorsal segment very narrowly rounded at the 

 apex, black, with a yellow spot on each side ; second 

 ventral segment rather closely punctured over the whole 

 surface. 



Hah. N.W. Australia, Strelley River and Roeburne. 



Subfamily Nyssoninje. 



Gorytes perkinsi, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra ; clypeo, fronte sub antennis scapoque flavis ; flagello, 

 pronoto, scutello, postscutello, segmento raediauo macula basali 

 utriuque, segmentis abdominalibus primo sextoque, dorsalibus 

 tertio, quarto (basi excepta) quintoque, pedibusque aurantiacis ; 

 alia flavo-hyalinis, apice leviter infumatis. 

 Lone:. 22 mm. 



