122 Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



conrscly piincturctl, tlic apex longitudinally rugulose. Spine 

 of the liypopygiiun long and recurved. Third abscissa of 

 tiio raclius distinctly longer than the second, second recurrent 

 nervnre received just betbre one-quarter from the base o£ the 

 tliird cubital cell. 



Hah. Brisbane (IJacIcer) ; September. 



Very nearly allied to morio, Westw., but may be distin- 

 guished by the colour of the legs, which are ferruginous in 

 vion'o, by the great breadth of tiie scutelhun at the apex, and 

 by the niucli coarser sculjiture of the niesopleura^. D. morio 

 is not uncommon round Sydney and has been taken by 

 Mr. Hacker on Stradbrokc Ishvnd. 



Eirone suhpetiolata, sp. n. 



J. Xiger; mandibulis, antennis, fronte, vcrtice, pronoto fascia 

 arcuata, mesonoto, scutello tegulisque pallide ferrugineis ; 

 clypeo, orbitis internis late, prouoto postscutelloque flavis ; alls 

 hyalinis, venis nigris. 



Long. 8 mm. 



(J. Clyfieus slightly convex, truncate at the apex, without 

 a flat triangular area ; the whole head finely j)unctured. 

 Antennje rather slender, scarcely as long as tlie thorax and 

 median segment combined, the a])ic;il joints feebly arcuate 

 beneath. Ocelli in an equilateral triiingle, the posterior pair 

 more than twice as far trom the eyes as from each other. 

 Pronotum about half as long as the niesonotum ; scutellum 

 broadly rounded at the apex, the whole tliorax finely punc- 

 tured. Median segment rounded, very minutely punctured, 

 almost smooth at the base, with short white pubescence on 

 the sides and apex. Abdomen fusiform ; dorsal segments 

 2—4 slightly depressed at the base, first segment very narrow 

 at the base ; the whole abdomen shining, minutely punctured, 

 more coarsely on the seventh segment. Hypopygium 

 broadly rounded and ciliated. Third abscissa of the radius 

 halt as long again as the second, first recurrent nervure 

 received just beyond tiie middle of the second cubital cell, 

 second just beyond one-third from the base of the third 

 cubital cell. 



IJab. Brisbane {Hacker) ; April. 



Allied to E. rvfodorsata^ Turn., from Herberton, but differs 

 in the colour of the head and autennse, in the slenderer 

 antenna?, and in the slenderer first abdominal segment, also 

 in the shorter second abscissa of the radius. 



