ill . n. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. i>5 



Ci'ubro [Solenlus] tasmanicus, Sm. 

 Crabro iasmauictu, Sm. Cat. llyiii. 1J..M. i\ . i.. -li'.j (1866). cJ (as $ )• 



This is in my opinion the Tasm;ini;in race of C. iri- 

 (lentatiis, Sni., the (liltcrciu'cs Ijciiij; mainly in colour. The 

 oranjje colour, so conspicuous in Australian Aculcatcs, and 

 of which C tndtiitatus is a ^ooil exani[)l(', docs not seem to 

 be indijicnons in Tasmania, being contincd in that island to 

 one or two lar^c Psanimocharidie such as Priocnemis bicolor, 

 Fahr., and to the bee I/i/lceoicles concinnus, Fabr., which arc 

 probably stiag^leis I'rom the mainland, where they arc 

 common specits. 



Crahro (Solenius) manifestatus, sp. n. 



$ . Nip:ra ; ecapo, pronoto, sculcllo macula utrinque anprulis 



basalibiis, segniciitoqtio dorsali secundo dimidio ajiicali llavis ; 



flaj^ello basi, callis huraeralibus, tcgulis pcdibusquc ferrugineis ; 



alis hyalirds, vrtiis nigris. 

 J . FeminjB siniilis ; aurantiaco baud flaro-variegatus ; scutelli 



maculis duplicatis. 

 Long., $ 11, d 7 mm. 



? . Clypcus with a carina from the base to tlie apex, not 

 produced or dentate at the apex ; eyes separated at the base 

 of the clypeus by a distance equal to al)out one-third of the 

 length of the scape ; front concave, not margined above ; 

 second joint of the flagellum as long as tlie first and third 

 combined. Posterior ocelli farther from eacli other than 

 from the eyes, and farther from the posterior margin of the 

 liead than from each other ; a short sulcus on each side 

 along the inner margin of the eyes near the summit. Head 

 very minutely, thorax more distinctly punctured ; anterior 

 angles of the pronotum acute ; scutcllum with a crenulate 

 transverse furrow at the base; enclosed area of the median 

 segment no longer than the scutellum, divided by a longi- 

 tudinal groove, ol)li(juely striated, coarsely at tlie sides, less 

 distinctly in the iniddlo, with a transverse crenulate furrow 

 at the base. Abdomen opaque, minutely and very closely 

 j)uncture'l, pygidial area elongate ; po'^terior tibi;e serrate. 

 'I'ransvcrsc cubital nervure received just beyond the middle 

 of the radial cell, recurrent nervure received at a distance 

 from the apex of the cubital cell equal to about half the 

 length of the traiisversc cubital nervure. 



cJ . Third joint of the flagellum excised at the base be- 

 iieath ; sculpture of the basal area of the median segment 

 irregularly rugose ; transverse cubital nervure received just 



