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MR. R. E. TURNER ON 



[May 12, 



and closely punctured-rugose, slightly concave, with a depressed 

 row of large punctures, bordered within by a carina, along the 

 inner margin of the eyes. Eyes large, reaching the base of the 

 mandibles and slightly convergent towards the vertex, the 

 posterior ocelli rather farther from each other than from the eyes. 

 Antennfe inserted nearer to the eyes than to each other, the 

 flagellum three times as long as the scape. Pronotum very short, 

 much narrower than the head, the anterior margin raised and with 

 prominent angles, a transverse row of large, deep punctures 

 behind it ; the propleurse obliquely striated, the mesopleurse 

 rugose. Mesonotum and scutellum closely and very finely punc- 

 tured. The median segment as long as the thorax, vertically 



Text-fig. 105. 



Neuration of fore wing. 



1. Stigmus queenslandensis. 2. Tachysphex pilosulus. 3. Zoyphium hohlii. 

 4. Gorytes icarioides. 5. Nitela kurandce. 6. Pison {Parapison) aherrans. 



truncated posteriorly, coarsely transversely striated ; a triangular 

 space reaching from the base to the apex bordered by raised 

 carina, with two parallel longitudinal carinie close to the middle 

 reaching from the base to the apex. Abdomen subsessile, not 

 petiolate, smooth and shining, about as long as the thorax and 

 median segment combined. The second cubital cell is very small, 

 triangular, and almost petiolate, the recurrent nervure is received 

 at about one-third from the apex of the first cubital cell, which is 

 longer than is usual in the genus. 



Black ; the mandibles pale yellow ; antennae, legs, and tegul^e 



