Hyinenoptera of the Family Evaniidse. 201 



Fcenus exilis, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra, minuta ; mandibulis tegulisque testaceis ; tibiis anticis 

 intermediisqne, tibiis posticis basi, tarsis anticis intermediisque, 

 tarsisque posticis subtus pallide bruniieis; terebra, petiolo multo 

 breviore, testacea ; valviilis apice albidis; alis h3-aliuis, iridescen- 

 tibus, venis fuscis, stigmate fusco-ferrugineo. 

 Long. 7 mm, ; terebrse long. I'o mm. 



? . Head elongate, opaque, the hind margin very feebly 

 carinate. Eyes separated from the hind margin of the head 

 by a distance equal to half their own length ; anterior ocellus 

 situated a little behind a line joining the summit of the 

 eyes ; cheeks very short, not as long as the first joint of the 

 flagellum ; a low carina running from between the antennee 

 nearly halfway to the anterior ocellus. First joint of the 

 flagellum scarcely longer than broad, second scarcely half 

 as long again as the first, third distinctly longer than the 

 first and second combined. Neck rather short, angles of 

 the pronotum unarmed ; mesonotum opaque, very finely 

 coriaceous, with two short, obscure, longitudinal raised lines 

 from the anterior margin, the curved line separating the 

 prtescntum and scutum very shallow and not crenulate. 

 Scutellum without marginal carin^e; median segment irre- 

 gularly transversely rugulose ; hind coxai very finely coria- 

 ceous. Terebra more than half as long as the petiole ; 

 hind metatarsus as long as the four apical tarsal joints 

 combined. 



Hab. 'Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 2200 ft. {Turner), 

 January 1913. One female. 



This is not nearly allied to the group of valvularis, Schlett., 

 having the head slightly narrowed behind the eyes, the 

 scutellum without carinae, and the groove between the scutum 

 and prsescutum narrow and not crenulate. 



Ftjenus steindachneri, Schlett, 



Gasteniption steindachneri, Schlett. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. TMen, xxxv, 

 p. 300(1885). $. 



Hab. Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 2200 ft. {Turner). 

 March. 



F. leptotrachelus, Kieff,, is very near this, but cannot be 

 the male of this species, having the head much more strongly 

 narrowed behind the eyes, 



Fcenus macrocephalus, sp, n. 

 2 . Maxima, nigra ; tibiis anticis intermediisque supra, tarsis 



