4:4:8 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



closely punctured ; "pygidial area laro;e, opaque, ovate, 

 obscurely longitudinally striated at the base. Hind tibiie 

 somewhat thickened, with two rows of spines on the outer 

 side. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.AV. Australia ; November and 

 December. 



This species differs in its habits from most of the Mutil- 

 lidse found at Yallinguji, nearly all my specimens having 

 been taken by sweeping foliage, not running on sand. 



In structure it approaclies E. auropilosa, Sm., but differs 

 in colour and in the much broader second abdominal seg- 

 ment. The colour somewhat resembles that of E.jucunda, 

 Sm., but that species only has a single row of spines on the 

 hind tibise, the thorax is more strongly narrowed posteriorly 

 and the second dorsal segment much longer than in the 

 present species. As well as E. auropilosa^ E. hipartitn, Sm., 

 belongs to this group, but is a much larger and differently 

 coloured species. 



Eplmtomorpha argenteolineata, Andre. 



Eplivfomorpha (iryeiiteolineata, Andre, Zeitschr. Ilym. Dipt. v. p. 27J 



(1905). ?. 

 Ephutoniorpha perelegans, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 257 



(1910). $. 



As has been pointed out to me by Mons. Andr^, these are 

 undoubtedly identical. The type of argerdeolineata was 

 taken at Port Darwin, that of perelegans at Townsville, 

 showing a wider range than is usual in the smaller species 

 of Ephutomorpha. 



Eplmtomorpha quadriceps, Sm. 



Mutilla quadriceps, Sm. Descr. New Spec. Hymen, p. 206 (1879). $. 



Hab. Lower Plenty, Victoria (Bakeivell) ; Yallingup, 

 S.W. Australia. October to December. 



Evidently a wide-ranging species in the southern portion 

 of Australia. It seems to me to be the continental sub- 

 species of the Tasmanian E. soluta, Erichs., differing in the 

 presence of a dark red spot on each side of the second dorsal 

 segment, and in the distinctly broader pygidial area. The 

 head is usually black in both forms, but is red in a variety 

 of quadriceps. 



Ephutomorpha ammnula, sp. n. 

 5. Viridi-cyanea ; abdomine viridi-aeneo; mandibulis, scapo 



