Species of Paralastor from S. W. Australia. 239 



itself also black. In the $ the clypeus is black, witli two 

 large, curved, lateral, yellow spots, nearly meeting at the 

 base and not reaching to the apical margin. Probably the 

 colour varies. fcicape of (^ yellow in front, in ? with a 

 yellow line. ]\Iedio-frontal spot ovate. Scutellar spots 

 nearly meeting, or, at least, not widely separated. In the ? 

 there are two small, widely separated, postscutellar spots, and 

 much larger ones on the propodenm. Tegulge shining, for 

 the most part with very fine and indefinite ])uncturatioii, 

 more or less brown or testaceous, with a yellow spot at the 

 hind angle. Size of P. eriurgus and argenlifrons. 



This species appears to me to represent in its own locality 

 the P. eriurgus of Queensland and P. argentifrons of 

 Adelaide, Victoria, &c., from which it hardly differs in 

 structure, though entirely different in appearance from 

 either. 



JJab. Yallingup, S.W. Australia, Dec-Jan. 1913, J & ? 

 {2\ir/ie7-). 



Paralastor cequifasciatus , sp. n. 



Female with the clypeus black, with a transverse basal 

 yellow spot or band not reaching the latei-al margins and 

 angulately emarginate in front, sometimes divided info two 

 separate spots. No yellow spot between the antenna?. 

 Tegulffi with yellow marking. Scutellar spots rather large, 

 but widely separated. 



Clypeus shining, the puncturation largish but not at all 

 close, the apex nearly straightly truncate. Head and thorax 

 with ordinarily coarse and copious punctures, the post- 

 scutelium unarmed. Tegulse shining, for a large part with 

 very faint surface-sculpture or hardly visible minute punctu- 

 ration. The abdominal bands are simple and nearly of equal 

 width ; that of the first segment bears many conspicuous 

 punctures, but does not occupy half the length of the seg- 

 ment in dorsal aspect. Second ventral segnient angulately 

 ])roduced in the middle above the truncation, or tuberculate 

 there, but varying in the strength of the tuberculation. 

 Hairs of head and thorax of about equal length. Winos 

 shining fusco-hyaline, darker along the costa. 



Length 12-14 mm. 



This species may be placed with P. carinatus, Sm., and its 

 allies. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.W. Australia, a ? ? in December 

 {Turner). 



