no. 1837. NEW SPECIES OF WASPS— ROHWER. 585 



Genus ZOYPHIUM Kohl. 

 ZOYPHIUM RUFIPES, new species. 



Should easily be recognized by the red legs, size, and two small 

 teeth on the sides of the clypeus. 



Female. — Length 6.5 mm. Emargination of the mandibles deep; 

 depressed, shining, median portion of the clypeus gently rounded, 

 laterally with two small teeth; space between the antennae at the base 

 not quite twice as great as the space between the base of antenna and 

 eye margin; scape subequal in length with the distance between the 

 base of antenna and eye margin ; antennae short, thickening apically, 

 pedicellum globose about half as long as the third antennal joint 

 third joint distinctly longer than the fourth, apical joint obtusely 

 pointed not as long as the two proceeding joints; head rather coarsely 

 granular; eyes strongly diverging to the clypeus; postocellar line at 

 least three times as long as the ocelloccipital line; pronotum some- 

 what declivitous; mesonotum and scutellum closely, rather coarsely 

 punctured; suture between mesonotum and scutellum strongly 

 foveolate; mesopleurae rather finely punctured; propodeum dorsally 

 and posteriorly with fine, separated punctures, sides shining almost 

 impunctate; dorsal aspect with a broad U-shaped depression, basally 

 with a longitudinal carina; posterior face with a large somewhat 

 Y-shaped fovea, the tail at ventral end rounded, the arms subfoveo- 

 late outside ; a strong carina separating the sides of propodeum from 

 the dorsal and posterior aspects; femora very robust, inner calcarium 

 of posterior tibiae nearly as long as basitarsis; venation very like 

 Z. sericemn Kohl; abdomen shining, finely closely punctured, first 

 segment with the punctures well separated; pygidium triangular, 

 apex rounded, densely covered with short bristle-like spines; second 

 dorsal segment with the apical fourth depressed. Black; spot on 

 mandibles, fiagellum beneath, tuberacles, tegulae, dorsal part of 

 pronotum (except two yellow spots), scutellum, metanotum, legs 

 below trochanters rufous; rather densely covered with serecious pile; 

 wings hyaline, irridescent; venation testaceous. 



Duaringa, Dawson District, North Queensland. One female from 

 Mr. W. F. H. Eosenberg. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13767, U.S.N.M. 



Genus SOLIERELLA Spinola (following Kohl). 



Dr. F. F. Kohl 1 divides the genus Solierella Spinola into four 

 sections. The species grouped together in his genus can be divided 

 into groups on the mandibles in the following manner: 



Mandibles not emarginate exteriorly Silaon Piccioli. 



Mandibles distinctly or shallowly emarginate exteriorly Solierella Spinola. 



i Die Gattungen der Sphegiden, 1896, pp. 451-453. 



