Turner — Three New Species of 'I'hvnmdae 171 



Tyf^c. I. 10800. in South .Kustralian Museum, cotype retained in British 

 Museum. 



This is nearest to E. tcitcbrosa Turn., but may be distinguished by the 

 yellow spot at the base of the mandibles, and the absence of raised marks on 

 tergites 2-4. 



EIRONE MAJOR sp. nov. 



d Niger ; mandibulis, apice excepto, clypeo margine antico late, linea 

 obliqua utrinque inter antennas, pronoto margine antico, tegulisque basi 

 flavis ; antennis, dimidio apicali infuscatis, tegulis, pedibusque, coxis exceptis 

 ferrugineis ; alis subhyalinis, venis nigris. 



Long. : 11 mm. 



rf Head large and massive, produced behind the eyes, posterior ocelli 

 fully half as far again from the eyes as from each other, and nearly twice as 

 far from the hind margin of the head as from the eyes. Clypeus with a 

 carina from the base not reaching the middle, a flattened, strongly punctured, 

 triangular space extending from near the middle to the apex, the apical 

 margin transverse. Head shining, rather sparsely punctured ; antennae as 

 long as the head and thorax without the median segment, the apical joints 

 feebly arcuate beneath. Thorax rather sparsely punctured, the mesopleurae 

 more closely punctured than the mesonotum ; median segment very delicately 

 rugulose, almost smooth at the base. Abdomen elongate, very finely and 

 closely ]nmctured, tergites 2-4 with a raised transverse mark on each side 

 just before the apex. Hypopygium very broadly rounded and ciliated. Third 

 abscissa of the radius a little shorter than the second. 



Hab. Forest Reefs, between Bathurst and Orange, N.S.W. (Lea). 



T\'pc. I. 10801, in South Australian Museum, cotype retained in British 

 Museum. 



;\Ilied to E. grandiccps Turn., but is a smaller species, differing much in 

 colouring, in the form of the clypeus and in the shorter antennae. The maxillary 

 palpi are also much stouter and less elongate in the present species. The head is 

 much larger than in E. ruficornis Sm., from which it differs in colour and other 

 details. 



