210 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerel! on the 



broader tliau liigb, and nearly as large as 



third lichatus, Sm. (T.) 



3. Larger ; abdomen shining very dark chestnut, 



blackened apically ; ridge behind area very 

 prominent ; second r. n. and third t. c. much 



■weakened tilachus, Sm, (T.) 



Smaller ; abdomen not so dark 4. 



4. Area with fine wrinkled ridges ; abdomen dull 



and rather hoary ; second s. m. about square . lacthius, Sm. (T.) 



Area with tine straight ridges 5. 



5. AVings strongly yellowish taluchis, Sm. 



"Wings clear hiltacus, Sm. 



P. (alchtus, Sm., I have not seen. It is described fiom a 

 male, the face thickly covered with yellow pubescence^ and 

 the basal margins of the second and third abdominal segments 

 depressed. The following two new species are in the 

 British Museum : — 



Parasphecodes melhournensis, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 11 mm. 



Wings dusky, stigma dark red-brown ; second s. ra. 

 higher than broad, first r. n. meeting second t. c. ; clypeus 

 shining, with large sparse punctures; antennse wholly black; 

 pubescence pale fulvous ; legs dark ; metathorax sharply 

 truncate, the upper lateral corners of the truncation pi'omi- 

 nent ; area broad, without a shining rim, its surfiice dull and 

 minutely roughened, the basal two fifths covered with little 

 ridges ; abdomen rather long, not very shiny, bright red, with 

 extremely minute punctures on segments 1 and 2 ; first 

 segment largely clouded with blackish ; extreme apex 

 blackish ; venter lighter and more yellow^ the hind margins 

 of the segments darker. 



Hah. Melbourne, Australia (collection of F. tSmith). 



From P. melbournensis (1) P. taluchis differs by the 

 better defined area, with the wrinkles coverino- its surface, 

 the lighter stigma, &c. ; (2) P. hiltacus differs by the 

 smaller, darker, and more shiny abdomen, the upper angles 

 of metathoracic truncation not at all prominent, the stride 

 practically covering area, &c. The area of P. melbournensis ^ 

 partly striate or ridged and partly not, is especially 

 distinctive. 



Parasphecodes Frenchi, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 9 mm. 



Clypeus shining, with large close punctures ; tegulai 

 shining piceous, white in front; pube.-rcence white, faintly 



