Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 357 



? . Head and thorax opaque, very minutely puncfured ; 

 clypeus broadlv truncate at the apex, with two small teetii 

 on eacli .side, subcarinate in the middle at the base ; joints of 

 the flagellum gradually increasing in thickness from the 

 second to the twelftli ; apical joint conical, as broad as long ; 

 ocelli in a broad trianj^le, the posterior pair twice as far from 

 each other as from the eyes. Basal area of the median 

 segment finely obliquely striated at the sides, with a median 

 longitudinal carina not quite reaching the broadly rounded 

 apex. Abdomen subconical, shining, very minutely punc- 

 tured, the apical segment very narrowly rounded at the apex 

 and more distinctly punctured. Hind tibiae with five short 

 spines on the outer margin. Second cubital cell very short 

 on the radial nervure, almost triangular, the third cubital 

 cell half as long again on the cubitus as on the radius; first 

 recurrent nervure received close to the apex of the first 

 cubital cell, second at three-quarters from the base of the 

 second cubital cell ; radial cell without an appendix. 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania ; February. 



This is the first record of the genus from Tasmania. 

 Three specimens were taken on Leptospermum blossom and 

 one on a sandy road. Doubtless many small species of this 

 genus yet remain to be discovered in Australia. 



Zoyp)hium kohlii, Turn. 



Zoyphium kohlii, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 495 (1908). $ . 



$ . Nigra ; mandibulis, antennis, tegulis pedibusque brunneo- 



testaceis ; alis hyalinis, iridescentibus, venis fuscis. 

 Long. 6 mm. 



? . Clypeus with a short tooth on each side. Antennae 

 inserted only a little further from each other than (roni the 

 eyes, the joints of the flagellum broader than long, except 

 the large conical apical joint. Eyes somewhat convergent 

 towards the vertex, the posterior ocelli very near to the 

 eyes. Pronotum gradually sloped, sunk a little below the 

 mesonotum. Median segment with a very shallow longi- 

 tudinal sulcus in which lies a carina ; first abdominal seg- 

 ment rounded at the base. Second recurrent nervure received 

 at three-fitths from the base of the second cubital cell, fir^t 

 received at about an equal distance from the apex of the first 

 cubital cell. 



Hah. Mackay, Queensland {Turner). 



Zoijphium dodih'j Turn. 

 Zoyphium doddi, Turn. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) x. p. .59 (1912). J . 

 (S . Niger ; clypeo, mandibulis, scapo pedibusque flavis ; flagello 

 Arm. (f; 3iay. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xiv. 2i 



