332 Mlt. R. E. TURNER ON THE [Feb. 15, 



anterior ocellus. Pronotum depressed, short, narrowed anteriorly 

 and strongly rounded at the angles, the posterior margin arched not 

 angular at the apex. Median segment short, more than twice as 

 broad as long, steeply sloped posteriorly, the median sulcus almost 

 obsolete. Abdomen subsessile, elongate fusiform ; second ventral 

 segment without a groove. Tarsal ungues bifid ; anterior tarsi 

 with a comb. Third cubital cell very short, only one-third of the 

 length of second on the radial nervure and only a little more than 

 half as long as the second on the cubital nervure ; first recurrent 

 nervure received beyond the middle of the second cubital cell, 

 second close to the middle of the third cubital cell ; transverse 

 median nervure interstitial with the basal nervure ; cubitus of 

 hind wing originating just before the transverse median nervure, 

 almost interstitial. 



Black, opaque ; a very narrow line near the middle of the inner 

 orbits of the eyes, the outer orbits very narrowly, the posterior 

 margin of the pronotum, and a transverse band very narrow in 

 the middle at the base of the third dorsal abdominal segment, dull 

 ochreous ; clypeus and face clothed with silvery pubescence, apex 

 of the median segment and the whole of the first dorsal abdominal 

 segment covered with close-lying, coarse, bluish-grey shining 

 pubescence. Wings pale fusco- hyaline, the outer margin broadly 

 fuscous. 



Length 14 mm. 



3 . Clypeus rather longer, the labrum slightly exposed, median 

 segment longer and less sharply sloped ; basal half of the flagellum 

 ochreous beneath ; band on the third abdominal segment white. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Mackay, Q. {Turner). February to May. 



This is probably only a geographical form of papuensis Sm., 

 from which it differs in the much broader clypeus and face. In 

 papuensis the anterior margin of the clypeus is yellow and there 

 is a yellow line on the posterior margin of the mesonotum ; the 

 second recurrent nervure is also received nearer to the apex of 

 the third cubital cell. 



Anoplius (Episyron) limpidus, sp. n. 



$ . Clypeus transverse at the apex, more than twice as broad 

 as long. Eyes very narrowly separated from the base of the 

 mandibles, their inner margins slightly curved and converging 

 towards the vertex, where they are separated by a distance equal 

 to two-thirds of the length of the second joint of the flagellum ; 

 posterior ocelli a little further from the eyes than from each other. 

 Antenna? as long as the head, thorax, and median segment com- 

 bined ; the second joint of the flagellum about half as long again 

 as the third. Pronotum depressed anteriorly and rounded at the 

 angles, the hind margin arched, with a slight angle in the middle. 

 Median segment convex, obliquely sloped posteriorly, about twice 

 as broad as long, the median sulcus almost obsolete. Abdomen 

 subpetiolate, elongate ovate. Tarsal ungues bifid, anterior tarsi 



