82 "Mv. R. E, Turner 07i Fosso7-iaI llymenoplem. 



? . Head and tliorax riifj;ose, abdomen closely punctured ; 

 basal area of median segment irregularly and rather finely 

 reticulate ; sixth dorsal segment rugose. Clypeus without 

 carina?, very shallowly emarginate at the apex, the angles 

 of the eniargination very feel)ly produced. jSIcdian segment 

 much shorter than the scutelluui. Second ventral segment 

 convex, not angular at the base; segments 3-5 with a spine 

 on each side at the aj)ical angles ; sixth dorsal segment 

 rounded, serrate at the sides, with at least four teeth on each 

 side. Hind tibiae almost smooth. Second recurrent nervure 

 interstitial with the first transverse cubital nervure ; second 

 cubital cell petiolate. 



Hub. Brisbane ; January (HiflcA'er). From the Queensland 

 Museum. 



This is near midiventris, but the sculpture of the median, 

 segment differs ; also the shape of the pygidium and the 

 number of teeth on the sides. 



Nysson {Acanthosfethus} confertus, sp. n. 



J. Niger; flagello basi subtus, scapo apice, tegulis, alidomine 

 segmento primo, segmentis 2-7 linea transversa ajncali, pedi- 

 busque ferrugineis ; segraentis dorsalibus 1-5 macula transversa 

 apicaU utrinque flava ; alis hyalinis, veuis fusco-ferrugineis. 

 Long. 7 mm. 



S . Clypeus widely and shallowly emarginate at the apex, 

 the angles of the eniargination produced into short spines. 

 Apical joint of the flagellum slightly curved, hollowed be- 

 neath and scarcely longer than the penultimate. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen closely punctured, the punctures on 

 the al)domeu becoming gradually finer from the base ; basal 

 area of the median segment coarsely longitudinally striated, 

 the dorsal surface of the median segment as long as the 

 scutellum. Ventral segments 2-4 with an apical fringe of 

 long whitish hairs, segments 3-5 w ith a small spine on each 

 side at the apical angles ; seventh dorsal segment with three 

 spines at the apex, the middle one blunt and subtriangular. 

 Second recurrent nervure interstitial with the first transverse 

 cubital nervure, second cubital cell Avith a short petiole. 



Hub. Cairns, Queensland [Dodcl). 



1 do not think that this can be the male of brisbanensis, 

 owing to the much longer median segment, the difiereuce in 

 the sculpture of the median segment^ and the much finer 

 puncturatiou. 



