392 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



r. n. joining first s.m. quite a long distance before end ; 

 second s.m. small and nearly square ; marginal cell bulging 

 below. Abdomen sinning piceous, M'itli the apex rather 

 broadly yellow_, the extreme lateral margins also yello^y, 

 broadening to cover the hind corners of the second and third 

 segments. 



(J . — Length about 3 mm. 



Like the female, but face up to above middle of front and 

 the antennae entirely yellow ; a very fine yellow line following 

 orbits up to top of eyes ; cheeks behind eyes very l)roadly 

 yellow ; sides and under surface of thorax^ with sides and 

 very broad anterior corners of mesothorax, all yellow ; 

 abdominal venter all yellow. 



Hab. Croydon, Australia (Nat. Mus. Vict. 191). 3 ? , 

 1 c? (the type is a ? ), collected by S. VV. Fulton. 



Quite unique by the seneous head and thorax and small 

 size, the colour and markings closely resembling those of 

 some species of Perdita. 



Euryglossina proctotryjwides, sp. u. 



$ . — Length about 4 mm. 



Rather narrow and parallel-sided^ with a peculiar thick 

 oblong head, irregularly oval in lateral profile, the whole 

 appearance suggesting a Proctotrypid ; head and thorax 

 black, without light markings, abdomen very dark obscure 

 purplish ; lower margin of clypeus reddish ; mandibles 

 lively castaneoussubapically ; antennae dark, flagellum obscure 

 reddish beneath ; vertex and thoracic dorsum microscopically 

 tessellate, with widely scattered extremely feeble punctures ; 

 femora and tibiae dark brown or piceous, the anterior tibiae 

 dull yellow in front and behind ; tarsi reddish brown, the 

 anterior ones palest ; claws simple. Wings clear, the ner- 

 vures and very large stigma dilute reddish sepia ; b. n. not 

 appearing to reach t.-m. ; lower side of first s.m. straight ; 

 first r. n. joining first s.m. some distance before end ; second 

 s.m. very broad, broader than high; no approach to Paclnj- 

 prosopis venation. 



Hab. Croydon, Australia {S. JV. Fulton ; Nat. Mus. Yipt. 

 163). 



A singular little species, allied to Euryi/lossina purpusilla 

 {Euryylossa 2)erpusilla, Ckil.), but differing in the shape of 

 the head, colour of the legs, &c. 



