614 Mr. K. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



setiE on each side^ ventral plate broadly rounded at the 

 ajoex. 



Hab. Kuranda, Queensland {F. P. Dodd) ; September. 



This species is soinewhat intermediate between the genera 

 Zaspilothynnus and Leptothynnus. Unfortunately the an- 

 tennse of the male are broken. 



Family Scoliidas. 

 Subfamily Elidinm. 



Myzine [P seudomeria) neavei, sp. n. 



2 • Nigra, nitida, sparsissime punctata, albo-pilosa ; flagcllo mandi- 

 bulisque basi fusco-ferrugineis ; tarsis testaceis ; pronoto, meso- 

 noto scutelloque rufis ; segmento abdominali secundo fascia 

 interrupta, tertio macula utrinque albis. 

 Long. 10 mm. 



? . Head subrectangular, iiearly half as broad again as long, 

 slightly rounded at the posterior angles, smooth and shining ; 

 the clypeus short and transverse. Scape smooth and 

 shining above, clothed with long grey hairs beneath ; the 

 basal joint of the flagelluni concealed, only ten joints 

 visible, the apical joint the longest. Ocelli small ; the eyes 

 ovate and touching the bases of the mandibles. Long grey 

 pubescence on the posterior margin of the head, the anterior 

 margin of the pronotum, the plcurse, and more sparsely on 

 the sides of the abdomen. Pronotum nearly as long as the 

 greatest breadth, slightly narrowed anteriorly, shining, with 

 a few scattered punctures. Pleurae closely punctured, the 

 sides of the median segment smooth. Mesonotum very 

 short, smooth ; seutellum closely punctured, longer than 

 the mesonotum ; median segment shining, obliquely sloped 

 posteriorly. Abdomen shining, with a few scattered punc- 

 tures, the sixth dorsal segment rounded at the apex. 

 Wings very short, reaching a little beyond the base of the 

 second dorsal segment, the fore wings deeply bilobed, the 

 stigma situated at about one-sixth from the base. 



Plack ; flagelluni and mandibles at the base fuseo- 

 ferruginous ; tarsi testaceous ; pronotum, mesonotum, and 

 seutellum red ; a transverse band narrowly interrupted in 

 the middle on the second dorsal abdominal segment and a 

 spot on each side of the third white. AVings fusco-hyaline, 

 with a bronze flush. 



Hab. Mombera District, Nyassaland, 4000 ft. (:?. A. 

 Nenve) ; June 1910. One specimen. 



Type in B.M. {J. E. R. C). 



