Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 287 
Hab. Yallingup, W.A. (Turner) ; Bundaberg, Q. (Per- 
kins) ; Kuranda, Q. (Turner) ; Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania 
(Turner). 
2. Nitela kurande, Turn. 
Mitela kurande, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 508 (1908). 9. 
flab. Kuranda, Q. (Turner), January to June ; Bunda- 
berg, Q. (Perkins) ; Caloundra, Q. (Hacker), September. 
3. Nitela reticulata, Turn. 
Nitela reticulata, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 508 (1908). 2. 
This is easily distinguished from other Australian species 
by the coarse sculpture of the mesonotum. It appears to be 
much more uncommon than the others, as I have only seen 
the type. 
Hab. Mackay, Q. (Turner), May. 
Key to the Species of Auchenophorus. 
1. Thorax, median segment, and abdomen en- 
tirely plue-green or blackish .......... 2. 
.Prothorax, mesonotum, and three basal abdo- 
minal segments ferruginous red, the re- 
mainder of the thorax and abdomen and 
the median segment blue .............. A. coruscans, Turn, 
2. Enclosed area of the median segment trian- 
gular; median segment and abdomen 
blue-green ; radial cell on the costa scarcely 
longer than the stigma, receiving the trans- 
verse cubital nervure close to the middle., A. eneus, Turn. 
Enclosed area of the median segment broadly 
rounded at the apex ; median segment and 
abdomen, except the ferruginous apical 
segment, blackish; radial cell on the costa 
much longer than the stigma, receiving 
the transverse cubital nervure far beyond 
the middle ........ Sale emia Sarma s oye rea. A, fulvicornis, Turn, 
1. Auchenophorus coruscans, Turn. 
Auchenophorus coruscans, Turn, Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist, (7) xix. p. 271 
(1907). Q. 
This beautiful species is the type of the genus, and is easily 
distinguished by the colouring. ‘The pronotum is somewhat 
longer and much more convex than in the other species ; the 
