Mr. R. E. Tinner nn Fossornd Tlijmenoptcra. 541 



nii(lill(\ tlie aj)ic;il ])ortion helow the carina stronj^ly dopressed 

 niul .'5iil)C<MicaV(\ trnncat(» at the apex. Antennai loni^, as 

 lonp; as the head, thorax, and median soq^rrxMit combined, the 

 apicd joints arcuate heneatli ; interantennal prominence 

 bihihed. Head not much produced or narrowed behind the 

 eyes ; the posterior ocelli as far from the eyes as from the 

 posterior mar;^in of the head. Finely and closely pmictiired, 

 most finely on the median sefj^mcnt ; abdomen elonp^ate- 

 fusif(M-m, sparsely jmnctured. llyijopyf^ium small, rounded 

 at the apex, and ciliated. Third abscissa of the radius 

 shorter than the second by about one-fifth, second recurient 

 nervure received just before the middle of the third cubital 

 cell. 



Jlah. Waratah, N.W. Tasmania {Lea). 



Described from four males. 



This is nearest to E. rufopicta, Sm., but in that species 

 the clypeus is longitudinally carinate before the apical 

 depression. The clypeus also distinguishes it from caroUy 

 Turn., and other allied species. 



Subfamily Tmyxninje. 

 Aripliron hicolor, Erichs. 



Ariphrnti hicolor^ Erichs. Arch. f. Naturgesch. viii. p. 2GJ, t. v, fi^. 1 



(1842). 5>. 

 Ariphnm rigtdiilus, Turn. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxii. \k 274 



(1907). c?. 



Hah. p]aglehavvk Neck ; February. Also from Victoria. 



'i'he female seems scarce, and 1 did not take it. From 

 the localities in which I took the males I suspect that the 

 females may associate with ants of the genus M)jrmecia. 



Tachynonvjia ahdominaViSy Gu^r. 



Affriotni/ia {Tachytiomyia) ahdominnlis, Gudr. Mag. de Zool. xii. p. 5 



(1842). d. 

 Yar. Afiriomijta {Tachyywmyta) spttiolce, Gudr. Mag. de Zool. xii. p. G 



(1842). S. 

 '/hipuins/ervidiis, Erichs. Arch. f. Naturpes. viii. p. 263 (1842). J. 

 Tachyiwim/ia abdo/nituilis, Turn. Proc. Linn. Soc. K.S.W. xxxii. p. 279 



(1907). "d?. 



Ilab. Mt. Wellington, 2200 ft.; January. Also from 

 Victoria. 



As far as T am aware, no other species of Tachynomyia 

 occurs in Tasniania, though several are found in Victoria. 

 The female is distinj^uishcd by the sculpture of the second 

 dorsal segment, which is without the transverse rugrv usual 

 in the cenus. 



