134 REVISION OF THE THYNNIDjE OF AUSTRALIA, II., 



Hah. — Victoria (French). 



A specimen from the Blue Mts., has the wings fusco-hyaline 

 and measures 1 1 mm. 



58. T. (Aeolothynnus) rostratus, n.sp. 



(J. Clypeus much produced, truncate at apex, finely punctured, 

 with a delicate, short carina at base, and a shining line from end 

 of carina to apex. Head finely and closely punctured, with a 

 narrow shining line from anterior ocellus to base of clypeus. 

 Thorax and median segment delicately punctured; pronotum 

 narrower than head, with the anterior margin straight and raised; 

 median segment short and obliquely depressed. Abdomen 

 elongate-fusiform, finely and sparsely punctured; segments 2-5 

 with an impressed transverse line near base, apical margin nar- 

 rowly depressed, leaving a raised transverse mark before apex. 

 Hypopygium truncate at apex, with a short spine. Black; 

 abdomen piceous; margins of clypeus at sides, two small spots 

 between antennae, base of the mandibles, margins of pronotum, 

 tegulse, a small spot on scutellum, a transverse line on post- 

 scutellum, and a spot on each side of second, third and fourth 

 abdominal segments pale dull yellow. Legs fusco-ferruginous. 

 Wings hyaline, nervures brown. Length 10 mm. 



Hob. — Victoria (French). 



59. T. (Aeolothynnus) arenicolus, n.sp. 



£. Clypeus very long, produced into a beak, narrowly truncate 

 at apex, punctured and with an obscure carina from base to apex, 

 strongly convex. Head, thorax and median segment finely and 

 closely punctured; a shallow sulcus reaching from below anterior 

 ocellus to base of clypeus. Median segment rounded, almost 

 smooth at base. Abdomen elongate, very sparsely punctured; 

 segments 2-5 with an impressed transverse line near base; epipy- 

 gium subtruncate, apical angles prominent. Second and third 

 ventral segments tuberculate at apical angles. Hypopygium 

 ending in a long and stout black spine, with a small white spine 

 on each side at its base. Black; mandibles at base, lateral 



