174 THYNNIDJ. 



^LURUS, Klug. 



1. .ffilurus anthr acinus. 



Male. Length 7 lines. — Jet-black ; the head closely and rather 

 strongly punctnred, the metathorax closely and finely so ; wings 

 subhyaline, the nervures black ; a fusco-ferruginons cloud occupy- 

 ing the first and second submarginal and the third discoidal cells ; 

 abdomen smooth and shining and snbpetiolate. The face and 

 mandibles with griseous pubescence, the cheeks with a long curled 

 fringe of the same ; the margin of the cheeks behind the eyes 

 more or less testaceous. The metathorax with erect, thin, griseous 

 pubescence. The apex of the abdomen with griseous pubescence, 

 and terminating in a trispinose appendage. 



Female. Of an obscure dark reddish brown ; the head subopaque, 

 and strongly and very closely punctured ; the thorax less closely 

 punctured ; the two basal segments of the abdomen rugose, the 

 rest with oblong shallow punctures ; the apical segment ferruginous, 

 its margin rounded : the legs and antennas ferruginous. 



Hah. Queensland. 



ANTHOBOSCA, Guerin. 



1. Anthobosca errans. 



Male. Length 7 lines. — Black ; the head and thorax shining, closely 

 and finely punctured, and, as well as the thorax, with pale yellow 

 markings ; the legs ferruginous. Head subrotundato ; the clypeus 

 and a spot at the base of the mandibles pale yellow ; antennas ex- 

 tending to the base of the scutellum. Two transverse maculae on 

 the prothorax, a spot on the mesothorax, a small one at the apex 

 of the scutellum and the postscutelium, pale yellow ; wings hyaline 

 and iridescent, the nervures black ; the apex of the anterior coxae 

 whitish. Abdomen slightly shining, and having a thin cinereous 

 pile. 



Hob. Zulu and Port Natal. 



2. Anthobosca antennata. 



Male. Length 5| lines. — Black ; the antennae incrassate, tapering 

 to a point at the apex, not extending beyond the tegulae ; the 

 head and thorax finely and closely punctured and with yellow 

 markings. The mandibles, clypeus, and scape in front yellow ; 

 the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the mandibles black at their apex. 

 The posterior margin of the prothorax, the tegulae, a spot on the 

 mesothorax, one on the scutellum, and the postscutelium yellow ; 



