350 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fusscrial Ilymenoptera. 



Hah. Woodford, New Soutli Wales {G. A. Waterhouse) ] 

 Perth, West Australia {Turner). 



This species seems to be commoner than chahjhams. There 

 is, however, only one male in the British Museum from 

 Smith's collection, with the locality "Australia/' 



SericopJiorus clavif/er, Kohl. 



Tachi/rhostus claviger, Kohl, Auu. iiatur. Hofmus. Wien, vii. p. 229 



(1892). ?. 

 Sericophorus clatiger, D. T., Cat. Hym. viii. p. 578 (1897). 



$ . Viridi-cyanea ; maiidibulae ex parte, tibiae, tarsi et segmentum 



anale ferruginea. 

 Long. 7 mm. 



$ . Kohl compares this species with cltalyhceus, from 

 which it differs in the absence of teeth on the clypeus, in the 

 conical apical joint of the flag-ellum, and in the shape of the 

 third to seventh joints of tiie fiagellum, which somewhat 

 resemble those of the male of viridis. Kohl does not mention 

 any tubercle on the scutellum or first dorsal segment, so I 

 conclude that they are not present in this species. 



Bab. "Australia." 



I have not seen this species, but Kohl's figures of the 

 clypeus and antennse show that it is distinct from viridis and 

 chalybcBUS) to the first of which it seems to be most nearly 

 allied. 



Sericophorus relucens, Sm. 



Sericophorus relucens, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 357 (185G). $ . 

 ? Zoyphium rujipes, Roliwer, Proc. U.S. Nat. Miis. xl. p. 585 (1911). 



5 . Nigro-aenea, capita thoraceque opacis ; segmeuto mediano 

 abdomiueque fulgentibus ; pronoto utrinque palUde flavo ; man- 

 dibulis, an tenuis subtus tegulisque fusco-ferrugineis ; scutello, 

 postscutello pedibusque ferrugineis. 



J . Feminse similis ; segmeuto abdomiuali jn-imo ferrugineo, seg- 

 meutis duobus apicalibus rufo-testaceis. 



Long., $ 7-8 mm., (S 5 mm. 



$ . Clypeus transverse at the apex, with two very small 

 teeth on each side, not always distinct when the mandibles 

 are closed. Antennse very short, thickened towards the 

 apex, the third to tenth joints of the fiagellum broader than 

 long, the apical joint conical. Front without a distinct 

 sulcus, the posterior ocelli more than twice as far from each 

 other as from the eyes. Pronotum transverse, not depressed 

 below the mesonotum ; a transverse foveolate groove at the 

 base of the scutellum ; median segment with a very broad 



