Mr. H. E. Turner on Fvs.<ori((l flymenoptera. 219 



Soc. London, j). 425, 11)10), to which it is nearly allied ; but 

 ill that species the eyes are very distinctly 8e(>arated from 

 the hind marf^in of the head, as in all the other species of the 

 group known to me, the median segment is longer and has 

 the median sulcus much more obscure, and the pubescence 

 on the head is golden. 



Liris coioani, Kirby. 

 Lmrada cowani, W. F. Kirby, Trans. Eut. Soc. Loudon, p. 200 (188.3). 



.2. 



Litis pedextrig, Saussure, Grandidier, iJist. Madagascar, xx. p. ol7 

 (1S92). 2 6- 



A'e// to the Austi-alian Species o/Larra. 



22- 



1. Fore tibife with a row of spines on the outer 



niarpiu L, melanocnemis, Turn. 



Fore tibiae without spines on the outer 

 margin 2. 



2. Legs ferruginous L. femorata, Sauas. 



Lfgs black, shading into fusco-ferruginous 



on the tibiie and tarsi in some specimens. L. scelesta, Turn. 



1. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance 



at least equal to the length of the three 



basal joints of the tlagellum Z. melanocnemis, Turn. 



Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance 

 equal to the length of the two basal 

 joints of the flagellum 2. 



2. Legs ferruginous L. femorata, Sauss. 



Legs black, the apical half of the tarsi fusco- 

 ferruginous L. scelesta, Turn. 



Larra melanocnemis, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, opaca, abdomine nitido, segraentis dorsalibus 1-5 fascia 

 interrupta, albo-pilosa ; tegulis pallide testaceis ; alis fusco- 

 hyalinis, venis fuscis. 



Long. 15-17 mm. 



$ . Clypeus opaque, very finely and closely punctured, 

 the extreme apex smooth and shining, the apical margin 

 transverse. Head subopaque, tinely and closely punctured, 

 the front above the base ot the antenuaj shining and very 

 sparsely punctured. Second joint of the flagellum twice as 

 long as the first and halt as long again as the third, the 

 antennte quite as stout in proportion as in L. anathema. 

 Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance equal to the 



