Mr. Iv. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 443 



the sides very fcebl}' convex, the anterior angles not rounded, 

 very slightly narrowed posteriorly, rather (lee[)ly punctured, 

 the punctures more or less confluent longitudinally, median 

 segment coarsely reticulate. Abdomen subscssilc, the first 

 segment not constricted at the apex ; second segment a 

 little longer than broad, convex at the sides, very closely 

 punctured; pygidial area smooth. Hind tibite with a row of 

 four spines on the onter side. 



Hub. Yallingup, S.W. Australia; November and December. 



Tliis is near darwiniana, Andre, and labeculata, Turn., 

 but the thorax is much shorter and broader than in the 

 former, and the sculpture much coarser than in the latter. 

 The apical baud of pubeseence on the second dorsal seg- 

 ment is reduced to a spot in darwiniana, extends over the 

 whole breadth between the lateral spots in excerpta, and 

 along the whole apical margin in labeculata. E. pacificatrix , 

 Sm., is a larger species, and has a double row of spines on 

 the hind tibiae. 



Ephutomorpha trilineata, sp. n. 



5 . xS'igra ; thorace ferruginco ; seginento dorsali primo fascia 

 aiigusta apicali, secuiido maculis tribus elougatis basalibus us(]ue 

 ad raediain porrectis, macuHsque tribus transversis apicalibus, 

 tertio, quarto quiufcoque macula apicali albo- pilosis. 



Long. y-lU mm. 



? . Mandibles bidentate at the apex, the inner tooth 

 short; second joint of the fiagellum nearly as long as the 

 tirst and third combined. Head small, much narrower than 

 the thorax, broadly rounded behind the eyes, covered with 

 pal'j golden puljescence which conceals the sculpture ; eyes 

 strongly convex, situated nearer to the posterior margin of 

 the head than to the base of the mandibles. Thorax closely 

 and not very coarsely punctured, the median segment 

 coarsely reticulate, thinly covered with pale golden pu- 

 bescence, distinctly longer than the greatest breadth, the 

 anterior margin feebly arched, gradually narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, the anterior margin less than half as broad again 

 as the posterior, the pleurie smooth, the posterior truncation 

 almost vertical, the surface smooth. Abdomen subsessile, 

 the first segment very short, but not narrow, the second 

 dorsal segment finely and closely punctured, longer than the 

 greatest bi'cadth, the sides moderately convex ; pygidial area 

 broad, smooth and shining at the apex, opaque and finely 

 shagreened at the base. Hind tibiae with two rows of Ion": 



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