﻿Records 
  of 
  Dees. 
  143 
  

  

  Parasphecodes 
  fultoni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head^ 
  thorax, 
  antennae, 
  and 
  legs 
  black, 
  with 
  light 
  ochra- 
  

   ceous 
  pubescence, 
  becoming 
  light 
  fulvous 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  

   obscurely 
  reddish 
  apically 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  shining 
  apically, 
  dull 
  

   basally, 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  without 
  a 
  median 
  groove 
  ; 
  meso- 
  

   thorax 
  densely 
  and 
  finely 
  rugoso 
  -punctate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   similarly 
  punctured, 
  but 
  bigibbous, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  sulcus, 
  

   the 
  summits 
  o£ 
  the 
  elevations 
  shining 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  

   large, 
  covered 
  with 
  strong 
  rather 
  wavy 
  longitudinal 
  rugse, 
  

   except 
  a 
  narrow 
  apical 
  band 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  semicircular 
  

   rather 
  sharp 
  edge 
  ; 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  truncation 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

   inconspicuous 
  but 
  long 
  tuft 
  of 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  tarsi 
  

   with 
  reddish 
  hair 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  bright 
  clear 
  fulvous. 
  Wings 
  

   dusky, 
  darker 
  apically; 
  stigma 
  dull 
  ferruginous, 
  large; 
  

   nervures 
  sepia, 
  third 
  t.-c. 
  and 
  second 
  r. 
  n. 
  weakened 
  ; 
  second 
  

   s.m. 
  small 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  third 
  s.m. 
  

   broader 
  below 
  than 
  above. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  

   segments 
  chestnut-red 
  (the 
  first 
  not 
  black 
  at 
  base), 
  very 
  

   finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  third 
  more 
  dusky, 
  nearly 
  half 
  covered 
  by 
  

   a 
  large 
  broad 
  blackish 
  triangular 
  area, 
  but 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   broadly 
  red 
  ; 
  fourth 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  dull 
  red 
  ; 
  

   apical 
  segments 
  black, 
  and 
  hair 
  at 
  apex 
  black 
  ; 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  segments 
  with 
  fine 
  white 
  pile 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  laterally. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Croydon, 
  Australia, 
  Jan. 
  11, 
  1909 
  {S. 
  W.Fulton; 
  

   N. 
  Mus. 
  Vict. 
  189). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fulton, 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day, 
  took 
  P. 
  speculiferus, 
  Ckll. 
  

   (N. 
  Mus. 
  Vict. 
  199), 
  at 
  Croydon 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  like 
  P.fulluni, 
  

   but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  hair, 
  the 
  darker 
  tegulee, 
  and 
  

   the 
  finer, 
  not 
  wrinkled, 
  rugse 
  of 
  metathoracic 
  area. 
  P. 
  fultoni 
  

   is 
  also 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  F. 
  cirriferus, 
  Ckll., 
  but 
  much 
  

   smaller. 
  

  

  Parasphecodes 
  plorator, 
  Cockerell. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  type 
  was 
  labelled 
  Melbourne, 
  but 
  seven 
  

   specimens 
  now 
  before 
  me 
  were 
  all 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  W. 
  

   Fulton 
  at 
  Croydon 
  (Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Victoria, 
  90, 
  95, 
  98, 
  241, 
  

   243, 
  244, 
  24,5) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  or 
  almost 
  black 
  species 
  of 
  

   Parasphecodes 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  - 
  

  

  Area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  without 
  rugse 
  plorator, 
  Okll. 
  

  

  Area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  with 
  rugse 
  1. 
  

  

  1. 
  Apical 
  half 
  of 
  abdominal 
  venter 
  with 
  coarse 
  

  

  black 
  hair 
  finnidicaudus, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  Apical 
  half 
  of 
  abdominal 
  venter 
  with 
  light 
  

  

  hair 
  2. 
  

  

  