■ill) ^Ji-. II. E. Tiiiiier on Fossorial Il(jmenoptera. 



posteriorly, rather finely and not very closely punctured, 

 with an arched carina from below the eyes to the antennal 

 tubercles. Thorax scarcely longer than the greatest breadth, 

 rounded at the anterior angles, not very strongly narrowed 

 posteriorly, punctured-reticulate, the median segment reti- 

 culate, rugose on the surface of the posterior truncation, 

 the pleurae smooth. Abdomen sessile ; the lirst segment 

 very short ; second dorsal segment very finely and closely 

 punctured, almost as broad as long, the sides rather strongly 

 convex ; pygidial area smooth at the apex, with a few longi- 

 tudinal striae at the base. Hind tibiae with two rows of 

 spines on tlie outer side. 



Hah. Tallin gup, S.W. Australia ; November. 



This is allied to E. comes described above, but is a much 

 smaller species, the thorax is less strongly narrowed poste- 

 riorly, and the sculpture finer. 



Ephutomorpha scabrosiformis, sp. n. 



2 . Kigra ; thorace antennisqne fuscis ; pedibus fusco-ferrugineis ; 

 segmentis dorsalibus secundo, tertio quartoque macula pai'va 

 basali utriiique albo-pilosa, secundo crasse longitudiualiter striate ; 

 segmento primo dense albo-piloso. 

 Long. 6 mm. 



? . Mandibles with an ill-defined tooth on the inner 

 margin near the apex ; second joint of the flagellum scarcely 

 longer than the third. Head small, narrower than the 

 thorax, coarsely punctured - rugose, with sparse whitish 

 pubescence, broadly rounded posteriorly; the eyes strongly 

 convex, nearer to the posterior margin of the head than to 

 the base of the mandibles, no distinct carina between the 

 eyes and the antennal tubercles, but one or two small spines 

 on the usual line of the carina, a larger spine on the outer 

 side of the antennal tubercles. Thorax coarsely rugose- 

 reticulate, as long as the greatest breadth, the anterior 

 margin straight, the sides rather strongly convex, moderately 

 narrowed behind the middle, the surface of the posterior 

 truncation smooth. Abdomen subsessiie, first segment 

 short, not constricted at the apex, second coarsely and 

 rather irregularly longitudinally striated ; pygidial area 

 sparsely puncttired. Hind tibiae with two rows of spines. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.W. Australia ; December. 



This is easily distinguished by the sculpture of the second 

 dorsal segment from all the allied species except scabrosa, 

 Sm., to which it is closely allied, difl'ering in the much 

 smaller and narrower head and the much shorter second 

 joint of the flagellum. 



