73^ MR. R. E. TURNER ON 



at the extreme apex only; second abscissa of the radius twice as 

 long as the first and about equal in length to the third ; second 

 cubital cell receiving both recurrent nervures, the first at one- 

 third from the base, the second just before the apex ; third 

 cubital cell as long on the radius as on the cubitus. Tarsal 

 ungues bifid ; lobe beneath the apical half of the hind femora 

 strongly rounded : basal joint of hind tarsi with a row of short 

 hairs beneath, in which are a few longer spines. Closely punc- 

 tured ; the thoi"ax very closely and finely punctured, with lai^ger 

 and sparser punctures intermixed ; abdomen shining and sparsely 

 pnnctured. 



Black, with whitish pubescence ; sixth dorsal segment densely 

 clothed with long golden hairs ; clypeus except at the apex and 

 the margins of the eyes broadly interrupted on the summit, 

 yellow ; basal two-thirds of doi-sal segments 2-4 and of ventral 

 segments 2-3 emarginate in the middle posteriorlv, rufo- 

 testaceous. Wings subhyaline, nervures fusco -ferruginous. 



Length 22 mm. 



Hah. Swan River, W. Australia. 



An obscure scar runs from the base of the stigma to close to 

 the base of the first transverse cubital nervure. I have little 

 doubt that the male of this species will prove to be A. crassicornis 

 Sm,, which corresponds with it in the position of the recurrent 

 nervures, the bifid tarsal ungues, and also to some extent in the 

 colour of the clypeus and abdomen, 



*15, Anthobosca fasciculata Sichel. 



Cosila (Colobosila) fa^ciciUata Sichel, Sauss, et Sichel, Cat. spec. 

 gen. Scolia, p, 263 (1864), 5 , 



Hah, Australia. 



I fail to recognise this species with any certainty, but do not 

 consider that the subgenus Colohosila can stand, the truncation 

 of the apex of the radial cell being insutiicient' a,s a subgeneric 

 character unless supported by others, 



*16, Anthobosca inornata Sauss. 



Cosila inornata Saussure in Grandidier, Hist, Madagascar, xx. 

 p, 233 (1892), S . 



T do not recognise this species as a synonym of any known to 

 me, though it seems to be related to A. anthracina, differing in 

 the position of the first recurrent nervure. Considering how 

 unreliable the details of neuration are in this genus, it is quite 

 possible that it is only a variety of anthracina. 



*17, Anthobosca melanaria Cam, 



Flesia 7nelanari€(, Cam, Rec. Albany Mus, i. 5, p. 297 (1905), 2 - 



5 . From the description I have no doubt that this is an 



Anthobosca, the characters " apex of radial cell sharply pointed," 



find " pygidiuni piceous red, its base fringed with long, bright 



pufons hair," and " metapleurse smooth," agreeing much better 



