438 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Uijmenoptera. 



abdomcH, with the exception of the middle of the second 

 doisal segment, testaceous brown. 



Ephutomorpha cceruleiceps, sp. u. 



5 . Nigra ; capite cceruleo, antennis mandibulisqiie nigris ; thorace 

 elongate, supra ferrugineo, pleuris aiitice fcrrugiueis ; segmeuto 

 dorsali primo apice testaceo ; secundo elongate, macula magna 

 elongata utrinque, segmentoque ventrali secundo omuino fulvo- 

 ferrugineis ; segmentis dorsalibus 2-5 macula apicali albo-pilosa ; 

 pedibus nigro-caeruleis, tarsis apice feriugineis. 

 Long. 8'5 mm. 



? . Head rather small, no broader than the thorax ; 

 closely and not very finely punctured, slightly narrowed 

 behind the ej'^es and strongly rovmded at the posterior angles, 

 eyes very prominent, a carina running from below the eye 

 to the anteunal tubercle, second joint of the flagellum fully 

 twice as long as the third ; mandibles falcate, not bidentate. 

 Thorax about half as long again as the greatest breadth, 

 strongly narrowed beyond the middle, the anterior angles 

 slightly rounded, about half as broad again anteriorly as 

 posteriorly, coarsely punctured-rugose; the posterior slope 

 oblique, the surface coarsely reticulate. First abdominal 

 segment very short, depressed below the second, with a spine 

 on each side at the base beneath, not constricted at the apex ; 

 second dorsal segment strongh'^ and closely punctured, much 

 longer than the greatest breadth ; sides of the apical seg- 

 ments clothed with long black hairs. Hind tibiae with one 

 or two delicate spines on the outer side near the apex. 



Hab. Kalamunda, S.W. Australia ; March. 



The pygidium is hidden in the type. The colour of the 

 thorax and abdomen resembles that of E. venusta, Sm., but 

 the thorax and second abdominal segment are much longer 

 and narrower in the present species. In general form it 

 approaches E. rubroniaculata, Andre, but, in addition to the 

 strong difference in colour, the sculpture is much coarser 

 and the second joint of the flagellum distinctly longer than 

 in that species. 



Ephutomorpha picturata, sp. n, 



2 . Yiolacea ; capite cieruleo ; mandibulis antennisque nigris ; 

 thorace rufo-ferrugineo, tarsis ferrugineis ; segmentis dorsalibus 

 secundo, tertio, quarto quiutoque macula parva a^ncali albo-pilosa. 



Long. 8 mm. 



$ . Second joint of the flagellum di>tinctly longer than 



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