52 My. T. D. a. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



Parasphecodes perustus, sp. n. 



cJ . — Length about 8 mm. 



liatiier slender ; head and thorax black, with tliin white 

 liair, tinged with brown dorsally; legs black, with the tibiae 

 partly red (anterior ones red, with a dusky patch on outer 

 side) and the long tarsi clear red ; abdomen very bright 

 ferruginous, with the apex strongly suffusedly blackened, 

 first segment entirely red ; mandibles red at apex ; clypeus 

 with a broad, transverse, lemon-yellow, apical patch, sending 

 a long pointed projection upwards ; supraclypeal area 

 minutely roughened; scape very short; flagellum extremely 

 long, clear ferruginous beneath ; mesothorax and scutellum 

 entirely dull and granular, the microscope showing exces- 

 sively close punctures on a tessellate surface ; area of meta- 

 thorax small, finely longitudinally ridged, with a raised 

 margin ; posterior truncation without projections at upper 

 corners ; tegulaj rufous. Wings dusky hyaline, nervures 

 and stigma rufo-fuscous ; first r. n. meeting second t.-c. ; 

 third s.m. much broader above than second (in F. recessus 

 they are about equally broad above). Legs with white 

 hair. Dorsal suture between first and second abdominal 

 seuments depressed. 



^Hah. Mt. Wellington, S. Tasmania, Jan. 15-Feb. 6, 1913 

 (/?. E. Turner^. Brit. Museum. 



Among Smithes species this may be compared with P. al- 

 tichus, but it is quite distinct. It is much smaller than 

 F.froggatti^ with a brighter red and much less hairy abdomen. 



The following table separates the above species of Para- 

 sphtcodes : — 



Disc of mesothorax brilliantly shining, polished, 

 with punctures of two sizes; scutellum bril- 

 liantly shining wellingtoni, Ckll. 



Mesothorax and scutellum dull, or, if somewhat 

 shining, punctures of disc of mesothorax not 

 of two sizes ] . 



1. Abdomen black beyond the third segment 2. 



At least fourth s^'gment red 3. 



2. Disc of mesothorax moderately shining, the punc- 



tures well separated and distinct under a lens ; 



wings strongly reddened e.vcuUus, Ckll. 



Disc of mesothorax dull, the punctures not sepa- 

 rately visible under a lens ; wings greyish, not 



reddened turneri, Ckll., c? . 



3. Red of abdomen very bright ; tegulae red j)ei-iisf,us, Ckll. 



Red of abdomen dark ; tegulse black 4. 



4. Area of metathorax strongly plicate all over .... turneri, Ckll., 5. 

 Area of metathorax plicate only basally recessus, Ckll. 



