Mr. li. I]. Turner on Fussorial Ilijnu'aoptera. .Ool 



Family Crabronidae. 



Subfiiniily PEHPnRSDONiyjB. 



Spilomena hobartia. Turn. 

 Spilomenn hohartia, Turn. Proc. I.,inn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxviii. p. (\'2'1 



JIali. Ea;;leha\vk Neck ; March. 



Taken on dead ICncali/ptus-trcca in which oM heotle-hoh-.s 

 were numerous. Douhtle.s.s this little wasp makes its nests 

 in these ahandoned hole.«, 



S u bf a m i ly Spuecinje. 



Chlorion {Ilarpactopus) glohosus, Sm. 



Sp/ip.v fflohosus, Sill. Cat. Ilym. B..M. iv. p. l>o1 (iH.V.). ^T $. 

 Jlarpactopns australis, Sauss. lleise * Xi)viira,' Zool. ii. p. 42 (1807). 



JJah. Hobart { Walker). 



I have taken tiiis species as far north as Cooktown and 

 also at Yallingui) and Kalamutida in S.W, Australia. It 

 probably ranges over the wiiole continent. 



Chlorion (Isodontia) obsciirellus, Sm. 

 Sphex obscurella, Sm. Cat. Ilym. B.M. iv. p. 251 (1856). cj $. 



Jlab. Hobart (Wolher). 



This is very near the wide-ranging nigellus, Sm., iuit has 

 the petiole distinctly shorter. 



Sphex {Psammophila) suspi'ciosa, Sm, 

 Ammophila siu<piciosa, Sm. Cut. iryiii. H.M. iv. ]>. i'14 (1856). J cf , 



I have seen Tasnuinian s|)ocimens of this species. It has a 

 wide range in the southern and interior districts of Australia. 



Subfamily Bembecikjc. 



Bembe.r /areata, Erichs. 

 Be mhcx f areata, Erichs. Arch. f. Xaturges. viii. p. 200 (1842). cf $• 



lltib. Eaglehawk Neck ; February. Launccston ('S'/»wo/j). 



Tliis .'Species ran<^es over the whole ."southern portion <»f 

 Au.->tralia from Sydm-y to Perth. It appears to be uncommon 

 in the west. No other species of the genus occurs in 

 Tasmania. 



