446 Mr, W-C. Crawley on 
process equal and opposite to the pronotal teeth, scooped 
out at base leading to the mesonotum, the interval covered 
with a translucent membrane. The mesonctum has three 
pairs of teeth, the anterior lateral ones broad, the posterior 
lateral ones longer and pointed, the central pair short and 
pointed. A translucent membrane covers the excavated 
space between. Epinotum broad and flat, bearing a pair of 
long pointed spines, nearly as long as their interval, and 
directed slightly outwards. First node in profile twice as 
high as thick, a fraction higher in front than behind, straight 
in front, slightly concave behind, making the base broader 
than the apex. From above it is broader than long, straight 
in front, roughly convex behind. Second node in profile as 
high as first, and thicker from above, broader than first, 
coucave in front, convex behind. 
Meranoplus hall, sp. n. 
Gaster of normal form. 
Body moderately provided with a short brown pilosity, 
much less abundant than in ferrugineus. 
More or less shining, gaster sub-mat. Mandibles striate. 
Clypeus smooth and shining with a few striz on sides and 
on anterior portion. Front half of head has longitudinal 
ridges, which gradually become coarse reticulations until 
at the occiput the surface is merely coarsely reticulate. 
Sculpture of thorax similar to that on the occiput, sides 
longitudinally striate. Epinotum with a few longitudinal 
strie. Both nodes coarsely reticulate-punctate. The 
bottom of the punctures and areas enclosed by the reticula- 
tion are shining. 
Gaster entirely microscopically reticulate and sub-mat. 
Similar to ferrugineus, from which it differs principally 
in shape of head and in sculpture, aud in pilosity. 
Seaford, Victoria (W. Hill, no. 84). 
Type Wine. C: coll. - 
