Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial ITymenoptera. 4-49 



perliliusque pallide ferrugincis ; thorace elongate, latifudine 

 fere duplo loiigioi'c ; scgiiieiito dorsuli secundo apice albo-ciliato. 

 Long. 4-6 mm. 



? . IMandiblcs with a short tooth on the inner margin 

 near the apex; second joint of the Hageilum a little longer 

 than the tliird, but much shorter than the first and third 

 combined ; iiead closely punctured, small, broadly rounded 

 beliiud the eyes, a low carina running from the eyes to tlie 

 antennal tubercles, eyes strongly convex. Thorax nearly 

 twice as long as the greatot breadth, not quite as broad as 

 the head, closely and rather strongly punctured, coarselv 

 reticulate on the median segment, the sides nearly parallel, 

 rather abru[)t]y but not strongly narrowed at the base of the 

 median segment. Abdomen subpetiolate ; the first segment 

 small, very feebly constricted at tlieapex, with an interrupted 

 testaceous band at the apex ; second segment closely punc- 

 tured, much longer than broad, very slightly convex at the 

 sides; the three following segments with a small patch of 

 white pubescence in the middle ; pygidial area smooth and 

 shining. Hind tibiae hairy, the outer side without spines. 

 Hab. Eaglchawk Neck, S.E. Tasmania ; February. 

 This somewhat resembles E.amocna, Andre, bat the thorax 

 in that species is much broader anteiiorly, more strongly 

 pyiiform, and more coarsely punctured ; the liind tibise are 

 armed with spines on the outer side ; the seeoiul segment 

 more convex at the sides, and the pygidial area broader and 

 1( ss distinctly defined. E. nigrocenea, Sm., is also somewhat 

 similar in colour, but has the eyes much less convex, the 

 sculpture of the head and thorax much eoaiser, the shape 

 of the thorax different, and the pygidial area almost absent, 

 in addition to other ditierences. 



Ephutomurpha postica, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; antcnnis, tibiis tarsisque pallide ferrugineis ; vertice 

 rufo-ferrugineo ; segraeuto dorsali secundo uigro-cseruleo, macula 

 magna iitrinque ochracea. 

 Long. 6 mm. 



? . Second joint of the flagellum distinctly longer than 

 the third. Head small, no broader than the thorax, finely 

 and very closely punctured-rugose, the posterior angles not 

 strongly rounded, eyes strongly convex, situated as far from 

 the posterior margin of the head as from the base of the 

 mandibles, the arched carina from below the eyes to the 

 antennal tubercles very indistinct; mandibles' bidentatc. 



