■±i'2 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossor'ud Htjmenoptera. 



iitrinqne fasciaque aiigusta apicali ; tertio, quarto quintoque 

 macula mediaiia albo pilosis. 

 Long-. 7 mm, 



? . Second joint of tlie flagellum small, a little sliorter 

 than the third ; mandibles strongly incised on the outer 

 maryin near the base. Head small, narrowed in front o£ 

 the eyes, rv)unded behind the eyes, which are prominent and 

 situated much nearer to the posterior margin of the head 

 than to the base of the mandibles ; a distinct carina from 

 the eye to the antennal tubercle. Head and thorax rather 

 closely punctured, more coarsely on the median segment 

 than elsewhere, and thickly covered with rather long pale 

 golden pubescence. Thorax about one-third longer than 

 the greatest breadth, the anterior angles very slightly 

 rounded, the sides nearly parallel, strongly narrowed behind 

 the middle, the posterior margin only a little more than 

 half as wide as the anterior. Abdomen subsessile ; the 

 second segment much longer than broad, tinely and closely 

 punctured, the punctures more or less confluent longitu- 

 dinally. Pygidial area very finely punctured at the apex, 

 the base concealed by pubescence. Hind tibiae with four 

 distinct spines on the outer side. 



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



Kelated to E. mackayensis, Andre, in the shape of the 

 head, the incision of the mandibles, and the pale golden 

 pubescence, but differs in the shorter second joint of the 

 flageilum, the much stronger narrowing of the thorax pos- 

 teriorly, the very different distribution of the spots and 

 bands of white pubescence on the abdomen, and the longer 

 second segment. 



Ephutomorpha excerpta, sp. n. 



§ . Nigra ; thorace, mandibulis, coxis trochauteribusque ferrugineis; 

 pedibus antennisjue fusco-t'errugineis ; segmento dorsali prime 

 margine apicali testaceo ; sfgmeuto dorsali secundo macula 

 elongata utrinque fasciaque apicali lata, tertio, quarto quintoque 

 macula transversa apicali albo- pilosis. 



Long. 4-5 mm. 



? . Mandibles with a small blunt tooth on the inner margin 

 near the apex ; second joint of the flageilum no longer than 

 the third. Head small, closely and not coarsely punctured, 

 narrower than the thorax, broadly rounded at the posterior 

 miirgin, a curved carina from below the ej'es to the antennal 

 tubercles. Tliorax a little longer thau the greatest breadth. 



