Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossor'utl IIymenoj>tent, MOl 



Ihnraccque pallide aureo-piloBis ; alls hyalinis, veiiis fusco- 



ferriigineis. 

 S . FeminaB similis ; area pygidiali pallide pilosa. 

 Long., $ 14 mm., (S 12 mm. 



? . (!lypeus very broadly rouiulcd at the apex. Second 

 joint of the flagelluni longer than the third by about one- 

 quarter ; eyes separated on the vertex by a distance slightly 

 exceeding the iengtii of the second joint of the flagcdluni. 

 Basal joint of the fore tarsus with six spines on the outer 

 margin. Front, clypeus, side.«, and npex of the incsonotum 

 and sides of the median segment clothed with |)ale pubescence 

 tinged with gold, a spot of rather deejier golden pubescence 

 on each side near the middle of the anterior margin of the 

 mesonotuni. Median segment short, scarcely longer than the 

 scutcllum, opaque, with a very obscure median sulcus, which 

 becomes well defined on the posterior slope. Abdomen 

 broadly conical ; ])ygidial area rather narrowly rounded at 

 the apex and clothed with deep golden pubescence. Second 

 abscissa of the radius as long as the third ; fiist recurrent 

 nervure received distinctly nearer to the second recurrent 

 than to the first transverse cubital nervure. 



Except in the usual sexual characters the male is very 

 similar to the female; there are four small spines on the 

 outer margin of the basal joint of the fore tarsus ; the sulcus 

 on the dorsal surface of the median segment is more distinct ; 

 the abdomen is more slender, and the third abscissa of the 

 radius is distinctly longer than the second. 



Hah. Mackay, Q. ( Turner). 



In the number of spines on the basal joint of the fore tarsus 

 this resembles plutocraticus ; but this is a smaller insect, 

 with a shorter median segment, the shape of the clypeus is 

 different, also the colour of the legs. It is more stoutly 

 built than approximatus, from which it also differs in the 

 shape of the clypeus, in the number of spines on the basal 

 joint of the foro tarsus, and in tlie broader pygidial area. 



6. lachytes mitts, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; maudibulis basi, area pygidiali, tibiis tarsisquc ferru- 

 gineis ; segmentis dorsalibus et ventralibus fascia angusta apicali 

 brunneo-ferruginea ; tegulis pallide testaceis ; alis hyalinis, venis 

 fusco-fcrrugineis; abdomiueargenteo-sericeo, segmentis dorsalibus 

 1-4 fascia lata apicali dcusius argcnteo-scricea ; area pygidiali 

 aureo-setosa. 



S . Feminae similis. 



Long., $ lU mm.. 6 S mm. 



