^[r. R. E. Tiirnor ou Fossoriul Ihjmenoptera. 557 



Ltngtli 8-9 mm. 



Ilah. Eagli'liawk Neck ; February. 



This is di.stiiig'iidlied from discrcpuns by tlic sculpture of 

 tlie median segment, tlio more disiiuct puiicturatiou of the 

 head and thorax, and the shorter third abscissa of the radius. 



J'achytes tachyrrhostiis, Sauss. 



Tttchjtes tachyrrhostiis, Sauss. Mem. soc. phys. & hist. nat. Genftvc, 

 xiv. I). 18 (18.")4). (S; Sauss. Keisu Nov., Zool. ii. p. 73 (1867). cJ; 

 SchuJz, Zool. Ann. iv. p. Ittt) (li)ll). J. 



This is a true Tachytes, as Schulz observes. I liave a 

 specimen of the male from Victoria, but have not myself seen 

 'J'asmanian specimens. There is a female in the IJritisli 

 Museum from New South Wales. 



Lyroda viichaelsent\ Schulz, subsp. tasmani'ca. Turn. 



Lyroda michaeheni, Schulz, Fauna Sudwest Auslraliens, i. p. 479 



(1J)08). 

 Lyroda michaeheni, subsp. tasmanica, Turn. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 



xxxviii. p. G21 (1914). 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck ; February. 



Subfamily Kitelinje. 



yitela nigricans^ Turn. 



Nitela niyricans, Turn. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 428 (1910). $. 



This is nearly related to N. austral iensis, Schulz, from 

 S.W. Australia, but differs in the smaller and shallower 

 depressions round the base of the antennae, in the lesser 

 development of the carina on the front and clypeus, and in 

 the wholly black anterior tibia?. I doubt if these differences 

 are more than of subspecific value. 



J/ali. Eaglehawk Neck ; March. 



Taken on u fallen Eucalyptus log. 



Subfamily Tetfoxtlinjs. 

 Genus PiSON, Jur. 



Key to the Tasmanian Species. 



1. Lefrs red 2. 



Legs black 3, 



2. Three cubital cells ; posterior ocelli nearer to 



each other than to the anterior P. ru/t^n-f, Scliuck. 



Two cubital cells ; ocelli in an equilateral tri- 

 angle P. sitntdanf, Turn. 



