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oftlu- nu'tatlioiax. liotli vi'iy finely and very closely pnnetnred ; 

 the l)use of tiie nietatliorax eneloscid by a raised, smooth ridge 

 behind, the enclosure has a series of radiatin«r striic ; me- 

 tathorax behind smooth and shining; tegulae rufo-testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline, iridescent, clouded at then- apex ; legs black or 

 dark rufo-testaceous, their pubescence above fuscous, beneath 

 of a changeable silvery brightness. Abdomen red, very finely 

 punctured, the base and sides have a hoary pubescence. 

 Hab. New Holland. 



.'3. Pakasphecodes Sulthica, n. s. B.M. 



Male. Length 3j lines. — Head and thorax black, apex of the 

 cly])eus yellow, the face covered v\ith fulvous ])ubescence, the 

 antennae longer by one-third than the head and thorax; the 

 latter finely and very closely punctured, the base of the meta- 

 thorax enclosed by an arched ridge, the enclosure rugose-striate, 

 sides of the metathorax as coarsely sculptured as the enclosed 

 space ; the thorax thinly covered with fulvous pubescence, most 

 dense on the sides of the metathorax ; tibise and tarsi ferru- 

 ginous, the posterior tibiic more or less stained outside ; tegulse 

 pale rufo-testaceous ; wings hyaline, faintly clouded at their 

 apex, iridescent, the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen elongate, 

 red, slightly fuscous at the apex, very finely and closely punc- 

 tured. 

 Hab. New Holland. 



4. Pakasphecodes Lacthius, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Head and thorax black, very finely 

 and closely ])unctured, ojiake ; clypeus shining, having scattered 

 deep {junctures; flagellum fulvo-testaceous beneath. Thorax, 

 the base of the metathorax not distinctly enclosed, irregularly 

 longitudinally rugose ; tegulae rufo-testaceous ; wings slightly 

 fulvo-hyaline, iridescent, very slightly clouded at their apical 

 margins ; legs rufo-testaceous. Abdomen ovate, red, the basal 

 segment more or less fuscous at the base, the fourth and follow- 

 ing segments fuscous, thinly covered with a short hoary pu- 

 bescence. 



Hab. New Holland. 



5. Pakasphecodes Lichatus, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 hues. — Head and thorax black, the cly- 

 peus produced, shining, strongly punctured, slightly impressed 

 longitU(hnally. Thorax strongly and very closely punctured, the 

 base of the metathorax enclosed by a sharp ridge or carina, 



