Hymenoptera of the Family Evaniidae. II") 



Pristaulacu8 fulvus, sp. n. 



$. Fulvo-ochracea ; fronte facieque flavis ; flagello, fronte macula 

 magna medjana, mandibulis apice, valvulis terebrse, tibiia posticia 

 dimidio apicali, tarsisque posticia nigris ; alia flavo-byalinis, 

 venis fuscis. 



Long. 10 mm. ; terebrae long. 6 mm. 



? . Head Bmooth and shining, the front in the middle 

 below the anterior oeellas very finely punctured. Cheeks a 

 little longer than the scape. First joint of the flagellum half 

 ;i> lon» as the scape, second three times as long as the first, 

 third equal to the first and second combined. Posterior 

 ocelli about half as tar again from ( ach other as from the 

 eyes, separated from the eyes by a distance slightly exceeding 

 the length of the first joint of the flagellum. Neck very 

 short; angles of the pronotum not produced; mesonotum 

 3ely transversely striated, the median lobe deeply im- 

 pressed in the middle anteriorly; scutellum irregularly trans- 

 versely striated in the middle, longitudinally striated on the 

 sides. Me, ban segment transversely striated at the base; 

 the surface of the posterior truncation with a few longitudinal 

 carinse; hind coxae smooth and shining. Abdomen short, 

 fusiform, narrowed at the base, hut without a distinct petiole, 

 smooth and shining. Hind metatarsus longer than the four 

 apical joints combined. First discoidal cell short, the first 

 recurrent nervure received by the first cubital cell close to 

 the middle of its cubital margin. 



Hah. Kuranda, X. Queensland (Turner), February 1902; 

 one female. 



This is most nearly allied to the group of /'. fiavoguttalus, 

 A\ estw., but differs very much in colour from any described 

 species. 



Pristaulacus Jfavogutfatus. Wesf w. 



Aulucusjlavoguttatus, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, (2) i p 223 



(.1851). 

 I'rii>taulacu8 J%avoguttatu8y Cam. Zeitschr. Hymen. l>ij>t iv v> L9] 



(1904). 

 Pristaulacus Jiavopictm, Ivieflf. Das Tierreich. xx.\., Evaniidse, p. 40b' 



(1912). 



P rlstaulacus laleritius, Shuck. 



Aulitcus lateritius, Shuck. Entomologist, p. 125 | L841 I. 



Aulactu congener, AVestw. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. ^t>7 1 1843). J. 



A male without data in the British Museum is probably 

 tiie type of congener. Shuckard's description seems to refer 

 to the female, though he docs not mention the terebra. 



