410 Mr. T. D. A. Cockeiell — Descnptlom and 



mesothorax shining between the punctures ; disk of 

 scutellum shining, with the pimctures sparse though 

 large ; area of metathorax triangular, with a densely 

 punctate median area, but otherwise smooth and shining, 

 posteriorly produced and obtusely angulatej the area is 

 not bounded by any rim, but sharply by the cessation of 

 the dense punctures which cover the rest of the metathorax; 

 a stripe on each side of collar, large spot on tubercles, 

 triangular spot on the piccous or black tegulse, spot on axillae, 

 large triangular mark on middle of scutellum, and wedge- 

 shaped mark on middle of postscutellum, all cream-colour, 

 some of them brighter than others ; lateral margins of 

 metathorax strongly tufted with greyish-white hair. Wings 

 hyaline, the apex faintly dusky, nervures dark fuscous, stigma 

 dkrk ferruginous ; second submargiual cell very broad (long), 

 about three-quarters length of first, receiving the first r. n. 

 a long distance from its base, and the second r. n. much 

 nearer its apex. Legs black, with white pubescence. Abdomen 

 broad, the apical part thinly but conspicuously hairy ; lateral 

 hind margins of first segment Avith dense hair-bands ; 

 punctures of first segment small, and very close posteriorly, 

 strongly contrasting with the very large, well-separated 

 punctures on base of second. 



Hab. Queensland [Gilbert Turner, Hy., 273). Presented 

 to the Museum by Mr. E. Saunders. 



Somewhat allied to P. aJcyonea. 



Prosopis hubartiana, sp. n. 



(^ . — Length about 6 mm. 



Black, head and thorax dull, the punctures of the vertex and 

 mesothorax so fine and dense as to produce a minutely granu- 

 lar effect; head large, broader than thorax; face comparatively 

 broad, chrome-yellow nearly up to the antemne, including a 

 supraclypeal mark, the top of which presents a little angular 

 elevation ; laterally the yellow^ gradually rises, to end in a fine 

 point on the oibital margin about the level of the antennae ; 

 labrum and mandibles with much yellow ; scape with a yellow 

 stripe beneath ; flagellum all dark ; collar dark, but tubercles 

 yellow with a black dot ; area of metathorax formed much 

 as in percrasso ^hviii\i.e basal part finely granular ; scutellum 

 sculptured like mesothorax ; tegulse piceous. AVings strongly 

 infuscated, stigma and nervures piceous ; second s.m. much 

 shorter than first ; the two recurrent nervures meeting the 

 transverso-cubitals. Femora black, the anterior knees pale 

 reddish; anterior tibise pale reddish wuth a dusky stripe 



