446 ill. W. C. C'rawley on 



process equal niul opposite to the pronotal teetli, scooped 

 out at base leading to the raesonotum, the interval covered 

 with a trausluceut uieuibrane. The mesonotum has three 

 pairs of teeth, the anterior lateral ones hroad, tiie posterior 

 lateral ones longer and pointed, the central pair short and 

 pointed. A translucent membrane covers the excavated 

 space between. Ejunotura broad and flat, bearing a pair of 

 long pointed spines, nearly as long as their interval, and 

 directed slightly outwards. First node in prolile twice as 

 liigh as thick, a fraction higher in front than behind, straight 

 in front, slightly concave behind, making the base broader 

 than the apex. From above it is broader than long, straight 

 in front, roughly convex behind. Second node in profile as 

 high as first, and thicker from above, broader than first, 

 concave in front, convex behind. 



Fig. 9. 



Meranoplus hilli, sp. n. 



Gaster of normal form. 



Body moderately provided with a short brown pilosity, 

 much less abundant than mferrngineus. 



More or less shining, gaster sul)-mat. Mandibles striate. 

 Clypeus smooth and shining with a few striae on sides and 

 on anterior portion. Front half of head has longitudinal 

 ridges, which gradually become coarse reticulations until 

 at the occiput the surface is merely coarsely reticulate. 

 Sculpture of thorax similar to tiiat on the occiput, sides 

 longitudinally striate. Epinotum with a few longitudinal 

 strijE. Both nodes coarsely reticulate-punctate. The 

 bottom of the punctures and areas enclosed by the reticula- 

 tion are shining. 



Gaster entirely microscopically reticulate and sub-mat. 



Similar to ferrur/inens, from which it differs principally 

 in shape of head and in sculpture, and in pilosity. 



Seaford, Victoria {JV. Hill, no. 84). 



Type W. C. C. coll. 



