342 MR. R. E. TURNER ON THE [Feb. 15, 



the base on the outer margin. Clypeus small, shining. Second 

 joint of the flagellum about equal to the scape in length ; the 

 antennae inserted further from each other than from the eyes. 

 Head opaque, a delicate longitudinal carina below the anterior 

 ocellus. Pronotum much narrower than the head, longer than 

 broad, the sides parallel, finely rugulose, the lateral margins 

 raised, with a longitudinal median sulcus. Mesonotum and 

 scutellum coarsely longitudinally rugose, the mesonotum with 

 an impressed, obscure, longitudinal line on each side. Median 

 segment narrowed to the apex and vertically truncate posteriorly, 

 reticulated, the margins slightly raised and with three rather 

 obscure carina?, the two la.teral ones converging towards the apex. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining. Second recurrent nervure received 

 close to the base of the third cubital cell, 



Black; mandibles and antennse, except the three apical joints, 

 ferruginous-; tegulas, tibias beneath, and tarsi fusco-ferruginous. 

 Anterior wings pale fusco- hyaline, a broad hyaline band crossing 

 the first cubital cell, 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab, Townsville, Q. (F. P. Dodd), November. 



This may possibly be the female of A. aterrima Tm-n., but the 

 sculptiire of the thorax is very much coarser in the present species 

 and the median segment more narrowed to the apex, so ] think 

 it is distinct, 



Ammophila (Parapsammophila) eremophila, sp. n. (Plate 

 XXXII, fig. 12, J.) 



3 • Clypeus sparsely and shallowly punctured, very thinly 

 clothed with long cinereous pubescence, very slightly convex, 

 with a very faint longitudinal carina not extending to the base 

 or apex, a little broader than long, the apical margin broadly 

 truncate. Eyes slightly convergent towards the clypeus, sepa- 

 rated on the vertex by a distance one-quarter greater than on 

 the clypeus ; the posterior ocelli a little further from the eyes 

 than from each other, connected with each other behind by a 

 deeply impressed and feebly arched sulcus, Head irregularly and 

 rather sparsely punctured ; the front clothed with short silver- 

 white pubescence, with a few long cinereous hairs ; a shallow 

 sulcus running from the anterior ocellus to the base of the 

 antennae. First joint of the flagellum very short, the second a 

 little longer than the first and third combined. Pronotum closely 

 punctured and clothed with long cinereous pubescence, short and 

 almost vertically sloped anteriorly ; mesonotum closely punctured, 

 the punctures running into longitudinal strise on the posterior 

 half. Scutejlum and postscutellum rather indistinctly longi- 

 tudinally striated. Median segment strongly convex, reticulate 

 on the middle, obliquely striated on the sides. Mesopleura?. 

 coarsely punctured, separated from the metapleurpe by a deep, 

 shining, oblique groove, and very sparsely pubescent. Abdomen 

 shining and almost smooth ; the ventral plate of the petiole seen 

 from above almost as long as the two basal joints of the posterior 



