114 Dr. J{. C. L. Perkins on Aculeate 



yellow. Ncuration, except the subcostal, very pallid yellow, 

 the stigma pale and hyaline except the brownish-yellow 

 margin. 



Examined under a stronijf lens the sculpture, &c., is as 

 follows : — Clypeus shining and with evident, fine punctures. 

 Head and mesonotum not quite dull, in spite of the dense 

 surface-sculpture, puncturation not or hardly discernible, on 

 the scutellum a very fine puncturation is observable ; pro- 

 podeum seen from in front more shining than the meso- 

 notum ; abdomen somewhat shining, without definite 

 sculpture. First recurrent nervure received well before the 

 second cubital cell, which is about as wide as its greatest 

 height. Lower side of first cubital straight. 

 ? . Length 4 mm. 



Hah. Bundaberg, Queensland, coUecied by myself. 



TuRNERELLA, Cockerell. 



Turnerella doddi, sp. n. 



Colour and appearance verj^ like EurTjylossina cockerelU, 

 but the whole face below the antennse is red, and this colour 

 extends for some distance above the base of the mandibles 

 behind the eyes. Scape of anteunre and flagellum beneath 

 red or reddish. Abdomen of a pitchy or more or less sordid 

 brown colour, darker apically, and with yellow tip, the basal 

 concavity yellowish, the dark parts with purplish refiections. 

 Tubercles, tegulai, venter, and pleura of the abdomen, as 

 well as all the legs, bright yellow. Neuration like the 

 preceding, but the second cubital wanting. 



Clypeus forming a very distinct obtuse angle with the 

 plate above it ; mandibles acute, the apical tooth being 

 well produced beyoud the inner one. Front of head with 

 very fine remote punctures quite evident. Mesonotum very 

 dull, the minute punctures indistinct, much more numerous 

 and more distinct on the scutellum. Propodeum seen from 

 in front smooth and siiiuing. Abdomen without definite 

 sculpture. 



? . Length 3'5 mm. 



Hab. Port Darwin {Dodd), 



Neopasiphae, gen. uov. 



1 propose this name for a male insect which has some- 

 what the appearance of Eunjglossa with extraordinary sex 

 characters. 



Mandibles bidentate, the apical tooth much the longer and 



