66 MR. R. E. TURNER ON 



combined ; ocelli very close together, the posterior pair more 

 than twice as far from the eyes as from each other. Scutellum 

 a little longer than the length of the transverse groove at the 

 base, broadly subtruncate at the apex. Median segment as 

 long as broad, with a longitudinal sulcus from the base to the 

 apex. Head opaque, thorax subopaque, abdomen shining ; hind 

 tibisB feebly serrate, not spinose. Second abscissa of the radius 

 shorter than the third, second cubital cell narrow ; first recurrent 

 nervure received close to the middle of the second cubital cell, 

 second at one-third from the base of the third cubital cell. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating just beyond the transverse 

 median nervure. 



Hob. Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 2300 ft. ; January to March. 



Nearly allied to C. alicice Turn, from the same locality, the 

 colouring of the wings and the position of the cubitus of the 

 hind wing being the same in both species. In alicice the antennae 

 are much shorter and stouter, the scutellum shorter and broader, 

 the two basal abdominal segments more or less ferruginous,. the 

 third abscissa of the radius much shorter, being only about half 

 as long as the second, and the hind tibiae more distinctly serrate 

 and slightly spinose. 



From the position of the cubitus of the hind wing these two 

 species would, according to Ashmead's table, fall into the genus 

 jbfemipogonius Sauss. ; but this character is certainly not of 

 generic importance, and I am inclined to think that Ashmead's 

 name Calopompilus should sink. The comb of the fore tarsi is 

 entirely absent in alicice and xanthochrous, though a few very 

 minute spines are visible with the lens. But among Australian 

 species many intermediate forms are to be found, and I doubt 

 if Calopompilus or Hemipogonius can be clearly separated from 

 ( Iryptocheilus. 



Calopompilus connecters, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra ; mandibulis, cl} r peo apice, nntennis, articulis duobus 

 apicalibus exceptis, femonbus, tibiis, tarsisque ferrugineis ; alis 

 flavo-hyalinis, fusco-bivittatis, margin e apicali insuper infuscatis. 



Long. 8 mm. 



5 . Antennae slender, the proportion of the joints as in 

 xanthochrous, from which the species differs in the shorter 

 scutellum, the absence of a sulcus on the median segment, 

 the position of the first recurrent nervure, which is received 

 distinctly before the middle of the second cubital cell, the 

 shorter third abscissa of the radius, which is only equal to 

 the second, and the colour of the antennae, mandibles, and 

 clypeus. 



Hab. Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 2300 ft. ; January. 



The hind tibiae in this species are almost smooth, the serration 

 being very feeble. 



