Mr. R. E. Turner o?i Fossorial Uymenoptera. 3i?) 



? . Clypeus broa<], with two small teeth on each side. 

 Second joint of the tlagellum siiort, scarcely as long as the 

 third, apical joint no lonirer than the penultimate, Posterior 

 ocelli separated from the eyt-s hy a distance- scarcely exceeding 

 one-half of their own diameter, more than three tines as tar 

 from each other as from tlie eyes. Median segment with the 

 enclosed area very coarsely reticulate, a small blunt tubercle 

 on each side of the posterior truncation. Tubercle on tin; 

 hind coxre very minute and iudistinct. Third abscissa of tlie 

 radius at least half as long again as the second, origin of 

 cubitus of hind wing separated from the transverse median 

 nervure by more than twice the length of that nervure. 



Hah. Tenasserim {Bingham). 



Paranysson foxiif Ashm, 



PseudoheUonjcfeR fo.vii, Aslim. Can. Entom. xxxi. p. 248 (1899). $. 

 Ilelion/ctes melanopyrm, Fo.x;, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 p. 00-4 (1896, nee Smith). 



I have not seen this species, and the description is very 

 insufficient. 



" Femah. — Length 14 mm. Head, thor9,x, antennae, and 

 all coxpe and trochanters black ; rest of legs arul the abdomen, 

 except the pygidium above (which is dusky), ferruginous; 

 wings fuscous black." 



In the generic description he mentions that theve is no 

 ico^al spine, 



Genus Sphodrotes, Kohl. 



The species of this genus may be distinguished from 

 Sericophoru^ and Zoyphiam by the petiolate second cubital 

 cell, by the coarse sculpture, by the comparatively small 

 pnlvilli, and by the antenn?e, which are normal, not clavate, 

 thirteen-jointed in the males, instead of twelvc-juinted, as in 

 those genera. 



The genus is confined to Australia, and seems to be widely 

 spread, though the species are not found commonly. When 

 captured they make a buzzing sound, similar to that made by- 

 some of the larger species of Crahro and Pison. 



Type of the genus, S. punciuosus, Kohl. 



The species do not differ very greatly structurally; in all 

 the second and third joints of the flagellum are almost equal 

 and the posterior ocelli are nearly equidistant from the eyes 

 and from each other. The most important structural differ- 

 ences are on the median segment and second ventral segment. 

 There is no pygidjal area, 



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