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s. m. very strongly arched or undulated ; legs dark reddish brown 

 with glittering white hair ; anterior knees and tibiae in front yellow ; 

 abdomen broad, first segment with a large yellow patch (bidentate 

 posteriorly) at base ; second to fourth segments with interrupted 

 yellow bands, which become very broad in the sublateral region ; 

 second and third segments dull basally, shining apically ; apical 

 plate small ; greater part of venter yellow. 



$■ . Length 8 to 9 mm. ; much more slender ; face and front 

 with much white hair, but not hiding the surface ; flagellum beneath 

 dark coffee-brown, not spotted ; b. n. not reaching t. m. ; all the 

 femora yellow at apex ; anterior tibiae yellow with a large black patch 

 behind ; middle and hind tibiae yellow at apex behind ; first abdominal 

 segment not yellow at base ; second to fifth with transverse yellow 

 macula3, successively smaller, at sides, those beyond the third segment 

 sometimes hidden by the retraction of the segments ; apical plate 

 circular, orange-fulvous ; venter mainly yellow. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.-W. Australia, September 14th-October 

 31st, 1913, 1 female (= type), 3 males (R. E. Turner) ; British 

 Museum. The sexes were taken mated on September 30th. The 

 female is superficially rather like E. crabronica, Ckll., but differs by 

 the dark face, venation (first r. n. entering second s. m. some 

 distance from base, second r. n. a short distance from apex), &c. 

 E. viaculata, Sm. (of which E. villosula, Sm., is probably the 

 male, judging from the descriptions), has yellow legs, while 

 E. nitidifrons, Sm., has yellow mandibles. 



Binghamiella insularis, sp. n. 



(? . Length about 7 mm. ; rather slender, black ; first abdominal 

 segment black or nearly, with the apical margin broadly red ; rest of 

 abdomen bright chestnut-red, with the apical margins of the seg- 

 ments stained with dusky ; face with white hair, not dense. Com- 

 pared with female B. antipodes (Smith), from New South Wales, 

 the following differences are apparent : abdomen a much brighter 

 red ; wings dusky, not so red (very red in antipodes), with the stigma 

 and nervures piceous ; third s.m. broader above than second (the 

 reverse is true of antipodes) ; mesothorax extremely densely punc- 

 tured. Apical plate of abdomen very small and narrow ; antennae 

 wholly dark ; flagellum very long, reaching to end of thorax ; lobes 

 of tongue quite long and slender. 



Hah. Eaglehawk Neck, S.-E. Tasmania, February 12th- 

 March 3rd, 1913 (R. E. Turner). Two males. British Museum. 

 As we know only the male of B. insularis and the female of 

 B. antipodes, it is difficult to determine the true specific 

 characters of the new form, but it seems to be sufficiently 

 distinct. 



Exoneura turneri, sp. n. 



$ . Length about 8 mm. ; head and thorax black, wholly with- 

 out light markings ; abdomen bright chestnut-red, the first segment 

 with two rather small dusky spots near base ; femora, tibiae, and 

 tarsi bright chestnut-red, anterior femora black at extreme base ; 



