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mandibles light yellow in middle ; mesothorax and scutellum 

 very minutely and densely punctured ; tubercles partly red ; 

 area of metathorax not defined, with a rather strong, 

 irregular, finely reticulate sculpture ; posterior truncation 

 dull and hairy ; tegulse pale testaceous. Wings dusky 

 translucent; stigma and nervures dark rufous; first r. n. 

 meeting second t.-c. ; outer nervures hardly weakened ; 

 femora black, with the knees, and more or less of a stripe 

 above, red ; tibiae red, the middle pair broadly dusky in 

 middle, the hind ones dusky except at base and apex, be- 

 coming black in front ; tarsi clear ferruginous. Abdomen 

 very finely punctured, the first three segments (except apex 

 of third) bright chestnut-red, beyond that black. 



Hab. Victoria, Feb. 1901 (C. F., Turner collection). 

 British Museum. 



In the table of Smith's species this runs to the vicinity 

 of P. stuchila, Sm., which has the area of melathorax well 

 defined, the basal half of first abdominal segment black, 

 and the wings clouded at apex. I had taken this for the 

 male of P. speculiferus, until I saw the entirely different 

 truncation of metathorax. 



Parasphecodes speculiferus, sp. n. 



? . — Length 8 mm. or rather less. 



Head, thorax, mandibles, antennse, and legs black, the 

 flagellum with a very faint reddish tint beneath toward 

 apex ; hair of head and thorax dull white, with a faint 

 ochreous tint dorsally ; head broad ; clypeus with strong 

 punctures ; mesothorax and scutellum dull, with excessively 

 dense minute punctures ; area oE metathorax poorly defined, 

 the basal three-fifths covered with delicate longitudinal 

 stri?c, the apical part smooth ; metathoracic truncation 

 heart-shaped, well defined, its upper corners broadly rounded, 

 not prominent, its surface smooth and brilliantly shining, 

 with a median groove in which is some long hair; tegulae 

 dark rich castaneous, with the anterior margin pallid. 

 AVings dusky translucent, the apex a trifie darker; stigma 

 and nervures dark rufous ; first r. n. meeting second t.-c. ; 

 outer nervures somewhat weakened ; hair on outer side of 

 hind tibia and basitarsus dark fuscous ; middle femur with 

 a brush of light orange hair beneath near base. Abdomen 

 dark castaneous, very finely punctured, more or less blackish 

 apically. 



Hab. Victoria, Feb. 1901 (C. F., Turner collection). 

 British Museum. 



