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i)i>j Mr. K. E. Turner oti Fossoi'ial Tlymenoptera. 



Sub fti ni i 1 y Paiiantssonin^. 



Sphodrotes punctuosus, Kohl. 



Sphoih-ofes punctuosus, Kolil, Anu. natur. Ilofmus. "Wien, iv. p. 189 

 (188lt). d. 



A single male taken in February on Leptospermvm-h\ossom 

 at Eaglehawk Neck. Kohl described tlie species from New 

 South Wales, and I have seen specimens of the male from 

 Mt. Kosciusko in the Australian Museum, but no female. 



Sericophorus chalt/bceus, Sm. 



Sericophorus chalybaus, Sm. Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) vii. p. 32 

 (1851). $. ... 



Tachi/rrhostus cyaneus, Saus3. Mem. soc. pliys. & hist. uat. Geueve, xiv. 

 p. 1 (1854). ?. 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck ; February. 

 Four females taken burrowing in sand. 



Zoyjyhium iridlpenne, Ttirn. 



Zoyphium ifidipenne, Turn. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xiv. p. 35G 

 (1U14). $. 



JJah. Eaglehawk Neck ; February. 

 On Leptosper7nu7n-h\ossom. 



Subfamily Ceabroninju. 



Crabro [Solenius] tasmanicus, Sm. 

 Crahro tasmanicus, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 425 (185C). $ . 



Hah. Ferntree, 1300 ft. 



A pair taken on Leiytospermum-hXoSiSom in January. 



Genus Rhopalum, Kirby. 

 Key to the Tasmanian Species. 



1. First abdominal segment shorter than the 



second ; black, the trochanters yellow ; 



length 5-6 mm R.frenchii, Turn. 



First abdominal segment as long as or longer 

 than the second ; trochanters black ; length 

 over 6 mm 2. 



2. Hind tibiae distinctly spinose 3. 



Jlind tibiae not spinose R. eucalypti, Turn. 



3. Thiee basal segments of abdomen bright red, 



tibiae and tarsi yellow R. tricolor, Sm. 



Abdomen wholly black, tarsi more or less yel- 

 low, fore tibife only yellow on the outside . R. variiturse, Turn, 



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