Biacoiiidie in the British Museum. 1G7 



Aastiohelcon meridional is , sp. n. 



5 . Nigra ; clypeo apice mandibulisque basi fusco-ferrugineis ; 

 abdomine rufo-ferrugineo, valvulis terebrse nigris ; autennis 

 43-articiilatis, articuHs 14-22 albido-flavis ; pedibiis rufo-testa- 

 ceis, tibiis posticis tertio apicali, tarsis posticis articulo apicali, 

 unguiciilisque nigris ; alis hyalinis, veiiis fuscis ; tegulis testaceis. 



Long. 9-11 mm, ; terebrge long. 13-14 mm. 



? . Clypeus sliortj the apical margin tleflexed and straiglit, 

 not reacliiiig to the mandibles, leaving a sjiace in which the 

 ciliated labrum is exposed. Face closely punctured, with 

 more or less developed striaj, and a low but distinct longi- 

 tudinal carina. Front and vertex smooth and shining, tlie 

 frontal depression large but not very deep, the lower portion 

 distinctly margined laterally. Pronotum rugose ; the median 

 lobe of the mesonotum rather prominent, shining in front', 

 coarsely and irregularly reticulate posteriorly, the parapsidal 

 furrows very coarsely crenulated : lateral lobes of the meso- 

 notum smooth and shining; pleurse rugulose, the mesopleurse 

 smooth and shining in the middle ; scutellum finely punctured, 

 with a longitudinally striated depression at the base. Median 

 segment coarsely and irregularly rugose reticulate. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining ; tiie first tergite with two longitudinal 

 carinas from the base to beyond the middle, the basal half 

 finely punctured, about three times as long as its apical 

 breadth. Hind metatarsus not quite as long as the three 

 following joints combined. Radius not quite reaciiing the 

 apex of the tore wing ; second abscissa of the radius difitinctly 

 longer than the first, about equal to the second transverse 

 cubital nervurc ; first discoidal cell distinctlj' petiolate. 

 Hob. Victoria {French). 



The colour varies considerably, some specimens having the 

 hind tarsi whitish yellow except at the extreme apex and 

 some having the upper portion of the propleurse fusco- 

 ferruginous. A specimen from Hobart differs in having the 

 hind metatarsus black and the second abscissa of the radius 

 nearly iialf as long again as the second transverse cubital 

 ncrvure. 



Austrohehon erytJirocephalus., sp. n. 



$ . Rufo-testacca ; tborace uigro, propleuris supra ferrugineis ; 

 segmento mediano nigro-sniiiiso ; tibiis posticis tertio apicali, 

 metatarso postico dimidio basali, uiiguiculisque nigris ; antonnis 



