412 Mr. E,. E. Turner on new 



1 hi ptiog aster minima, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra, scutello basi, segrnento raediano, propleuris, abdomine- 

 que subtus fusco-ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, venis fuscis, stigmate 

 ferrugineo ; terebra recurvata, baud exserta. 

 Long. 4 mm. 



? . Head broader than the thorax, very finely and closely 

 punctured, the front not convex, the frontal carina obsolete. 

 Second joint of flagellum rather slender, two atid a half times 

 as long as the first, distinctly shorter than the third and 

 fourth combined. Mesonotum short, much broader than 

 long, finely and closely punctured, longitudinally depressed 

 in the middle anteriorly, the depressed space finely trans- 

 versely striated ; pleurae and scutellum finely and closely 

 punctured ; median segment very delicately transversely 

 rugulose ; hind coxa? smooth and shining. Tarsal ungues 

 very small, tarsi slender; hind metatarsus as long as the 

 four apical joints combined, not broadened, the joints of the 

 hind tarsi not asymmetrical. 



Hah. Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 2300 ft. {Turner), 

 January 1913; one female, 



Tiie neck is short and the thorax is quite as short as in 

 Tlemif anus brevithoraa, Kieff., but the structure of. the hind 

 tarsi is very different. The species is also much smaller and 

 less robust. The absence of the frontal carina is also a point 

 of agreement with H. brevithora.v, and a point of difference 

 from typical Ilyptiogaster. H. brevithorax also occurs on 

 Mt. Wellington in January. 



H yptioy aster jloricola, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; coxis anticis subtus, tarsis anticis, mandibulis, pleuris 

 in medio nigro-fasciatis, segmentoque mediano testaceis ; alis 

 hyalinis, venis fusco-ferrugineis ; terebra recurvata, haud exserta. 

 <S . Feminse similis. 

 Long., J 5 5 5-6 mm. 



? . Head much broader than the thorax.; vertex smooth 

 and shining, front closely and finely punctured, without a 

 carina; front and clypeus subopaque, microscopically punc- 

 tured. Second joint of the flagellum about three and a half 

 times as long as the first, distinctly shorter than the third 

 and fourth combined. Posterior ocelli a little further from 

 each other than from the eyes, and a little further from the 

 hind margin of the head than from each other. Pronotum 

 not produced at the angles, mesonotum as long as broad, 

 rounded at the anterior angles, coarsely rugose, transversely 



