Mr. U. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilijmcnoptera. 539 



Anterior and posterior mnrg-ins of tbo 



pronotiiia narrowly while E. exiling Turn. 



y. Proiiotum ftiul abdomen black E. Iticicla, 8ui. 



I'roiiotiim ninriied witli yellow on the 



anterior niaririn at least ; abdomen 



brifrht ferni^Muous, sometimes more 



or less clouded w^ith black 4. 



4. Antenna) yellow from the middle of the 



ninth joint of the liagellum to the 



middle of the twelfth E. cclsissitiia, Turn. 



Antenn;e black or ferruginous 5. 



5. Autennje ferru'rinous ; apical depression 



of clypeus arcuato £. leai, Turn. 



Antennjo black ; clypeus with a trian- 

 gular surface from before the middle . H. ichneumoniformis, Sm. 



$$. 

 First abdominal segment not narrowed to 



the base ; sixth dorsal segment with a 



carina E. dispar, Westw. 



First abdominal segment nan-owed to the 



base ; sixth dorsal segment without a 



carina E. celsissimu, Turn. 



Ell-one exiUs, .sp. n. 



^ . Black; the mandibles (except at the apex), the ante- 

 rior and ])osterior margins of the pronotum narrowly, a spot 

 on the tegula?, the fore tibite in front, and a spot at the base 

 of the intermediate and hind tibia; white. Wings hyaline, 

 iridescent, nervures fusco-ferruginous. A small s{)ot on each 

 side above the base of the antennae white. Clypeus slightly 

 emarginate at the apex, with a carina from the base not quite 

 reaching the apex. Head finely and closely punctured, a 

 deep oval depression in the middle of the front, above the 

 interajitennal |)ron)iiience. Thorax closely punctured, most 

 finely on the pronotum, scutellum very broadly rounded at 

 the ajtex ; median segment rounded, shining and sparsely 

 punctured at the base, more closely elsewhere. Abdomen 

 shining, sparsely and very shallowly punctured, the segments 

 not de|)ressed at the base, the apical dorsal segment more 

 deeply punctured and narrowly rounded at the apex. Second 

 abscissa of the radius as long as the third, the second 

 recurrent nervure received just before the middle of the third 

 cubital cell. 



Length «:> nun. 



JJab. Eaglehawk Neck, S.E. Tasmania ; February. 



This is allied to inconspicua. Turn., and less closely to 

 pared, Turn., and montiva</a, Turn., but differs from all of 

 them in the carinated clypeus as well as in colour. 



