•iiJ4 Mr. R. E. Tunier on Fussorial Hymenoptera. 



Head aud thorax punctured ; thorax 



ferruginous E. cordata, Sm. 



49. Third dorsal segment with a -nhite apical 



band, no baud on the fifth ; second 



segment at least as long as broad .... E. cordatiformis, Turn. 

 Fifth dorsal segment with a white apical 

 band, no baud on third segment ; 

 second segment broader than long .... 50. 



50. Thorax anteriorly longitudinally striate ; 



antennte and legs black E. strigosa, Sm. 



Thorax anteriorly coarsely rugose, an- 

 tennae aud legs ferruginous E. dorsigera, Westw. 



The Tasnianian species are the following : — 



E. blanda, Erichs. E. amcenula, Turn. E. subcnstata, Turn, 



E. porrecticeps, Turn. E. postica, Turn. E. cordafifurmis, Turn. 



E. soluta, Erichs. E. notabilis, Sm. E. dorsigera, Westw. 



E. blanda also occurs in Western Australia. I have not 

 heen able to include the Tasnianian species E. lateralis, 

 Westw., in the key, not having seen a specimen. 



Ephutomorpha porrecticeps, sp. n. 



§ . Nigra ; mandibulis, cljpeo, antennis pedibusque ferrugiueis ; 

 segmento dorsali secuiido nigro-caerulescenti ; primo secundoque 

 margiue apicali testaceis, albo-pilosis ; clypeo porrecto, apice acute 

 bidentato ; capite maguo, subrectangulari. 



Long. 8-9 mm. 



? . Mandibles simple, not bideutate ; clypeus strongly 

 porrect, produced at the apex into two strong teeth ; second 

 joint of the flagellum more than half as lung again as the 

 third. Antennal tubercles small but distinct, a sinuate 

 carina running from them towards the eyes. Head very 

 large, much broader than long, subrectangular, slightly 

 narrowed posteriorly, very closely, but not coarsely, 

 punctured. Thorax not more than half as broad as the 

 head, half as long again as the greatest breadth, rounded 

 anteriorly, sinuate and distinctly narrowed before the base 

 of the median segment, punctured-rugose on the niesonotuui, 

 coarsely reticulate on the median segment, the posterior 

 truncation oblique and smooth. Abdomen sessile, a short 

 spine on each side at the base of the first segment beneath ; 

 second dorsal segment finely punctured, the punctures more 

 or less confluent longitudinally; jiygidial area almost smooth, 

 with a few almost obsolete striae at the base. Intermediate 

 and hind tibite with a few delicate spines on the outer side. 



Hub. Eaglehawk Neck, S.E. Tasmania ; February. Ade- 

 laide, S. Australia. 



