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withoul ;i sulcus ; hind coxae indistinctly transversely striated, 

 wnli punctures between tin- strfse. Abdomen a little less 

 than twice as long as the head and thorax combined ; lerebra 

 half as long again as the petiole. Hind metatarsus not 

 abnormally thickened, equal in length to the four apical 

 tarsal joints; tarsal ungues normal. 



<$ . Second joint of the flagellum five times as long as the 

 first. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.W. Australia ( Turner), December 1913- 

 January 1914. 



This is very near //. rufa } Westw., but has the terebra 

 very distinctly shorter, only (3 mm. as compared with 8 mm. 

 in H. rufa. 



Twelve males and eight females taken flying low over 

 sand. 



Hyptiogasler asymmetrica, sp. n. 



2 . Fusco-ferruginea, pleruraque nigro-sutfusa ; alis saturate hya- 

 linis ; venis fuscis, basi testaceis ; terebra recurvata, baud 

 exserta. 



c? . Feminae similis. 

 Long., § 18, 6 20 mm. 



$ . Head a little broader than the thorax, the posterior 

 margin raised and widely emarginate ; posterior ocelli as far 

 from the eyes as from each other, and as far from the eyes 

 as from the posterior margin of the head. Vertex opaque, 

 .sparsely but rather deeply punctured ; front and ocellar 

 region coarsely pnnctured-rugose, face finely nigulose ; 

 clypeus minutely and closely punctured ; the mandibles 

 coarsely punctured at the base, smooth at the apex. Second 

 joint of the flagellum four times as long as the first, equal to 

 the combined length of the third and fourth, which are sub- 

 equal; a strong carina between the antennse not reaching 

 the anterior ocellus. Neck very short ; pronatum not pro- 

 duced at the angles ; mesonotum coarsely transversely rugose, 

 the anterior margin straight ; a narrow, slightly depressed 

 area in the middle of the anterior margin not extending as 

 far as the middle of the middle, lobe, this depression is trans- 

 versely striated. Scutellum rugose, with one or two trans* 

 veise stria; ; pleurae closely and finely punctured and clothed 

 with very delicate whitish pubescence; median segment 

 transversely rugulose, without a sulcus ; hind cox;e finely 

 transversely striated, Hind metatarsus broad, as long as the 

 three following joints, the three basal joints of the hind tarsi 

 strongly asymmetrical, the outer lobe of the third joint 



