C12 Mr. R. E. Tuiiicr on FossoriaJ Ilymenopteva. 



Hah. Kuraiida, Queensland (F. P. Docld). 

 Allied to sunguinolentus, Turn.j especially in the strongly 

 compressed Lead of the female. 



Eurohweria immitis, sp. n. 



S . Niger ; clypeo basi, pronoto antice et postice, mesopleuris 

 aulice, postscutcllo, scgmentis dorsalibus 1-5 macula lateral! 

 obliqua utrinqiie, tibiis subtus tarsisque anterioribus albis ; seg- 

 mentis abdominalibus 5-7 rufo-ferrugiueia ; alls hyaliuis, sub- 

 iridescentibus, nervulis nigris ; clypeo convexo, elongato, latitu- 

 dine ajqxiilongo, apice anguste truncato ; pronoto baud emar- 

 ginato ; hypopygio tridentato. 



5 . Nigra ; abdomine pedibusque testaceis ; capite modice com- 

 l^resso, latitiidine lougiore, antice paullo dilatato; scgmento 

 pecuiido dorsali transverse tricarinato, margiiic posteriore insuper 

 elevate ; pygidio elongato, aDgusto. 

 Loug., (S 7 mm., $ 4 mm. 



^ . Clypeus convex, as long- as broad, produced aud 

 narrowly truncate at the apex ; the labrum slightly exposed. 

 Antennas about as long as the thorax uitiiout the median 

 segment; the interantennal carina low and almost trans- 

 verse. Head closely punctured on the front, more sparsely 

 on the vertex ; thorax rather sparsely and finely punctured ; 

 base of the median segment and the whole dorsal surface 

 of the abdomen smooth and shinirig, the ventral surface of 

 the abdomen sparsely ])uncturcd. Pronotum nearly half as 

 long in the middle as the mesonotum, the anterior margin 

 almost transverse ; scutellum depressed at the base, not very 

 strongly convex_, broadly truncate at the apex. ^Median 

 segment rounded. A strong depression in front of the 

 mesopleurse for the reception of the anterior femora. Abdo- 

 minal segments strongly coustrictcd at the base ; the abdomen 

 slender, sixth ventral seguient with a spine on each side at 

 the apical angles ; hypopygium ending in three spines^ the 

 middle spine the longest. 



? . Head flattened above, longer than broad, slightly 

 widened anteriorly, moderately compressed, the sides 

 flattened, smooth and shining. Thorax sparsely punctured; 

 pronotum as long as broad, the anterior angles prominent. 

 Apical margin of the first dorsal segment strongly depressed, 

 second segment with four strong transverse carina? including 

 the raised apical margin ; pygidium long and very narrow ; 

 abdomen almost smooth, with a few large punctures. 

 Hab. Kuranda, Queensland (F. P. Dodd). 



