BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



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I give a check-list of the bees at present known from Tasmania. 



Prosopis 



alcyonea{ Erichs. ) . 

 honesta Smith. 

 hohartiana Ckll. 

 vicina Sichel(in part). 



EUHYGLOSSA 



tvalkeriana Ckll. 

 Paracolletes 



chalyheatus(EiV\(i\\s,.). 



ohscurusi^iaith). 



viridicinctus Ckll. 



ohscuripeniiis Ckll. 



hohartensis Ckll 



cari'tiatus{ Smith). 



melhournensis Ckll. 



leai Ckll. 

 Callomelitta 



picta Smith. 

 Halictus 



orbatus Smith. 



cognatns Smith. 



limatus Smith. 



globosus Smith. 



Halictus 



/amilia7'is{^richs.). 



warhurtoni Ckll. 



mitchelli Ckll. 



burkei Ckll. 



lanarius Smith. 



^«smam('e(Ckll.). 

 "Andiien.v"(? Halictus) 



hifima Erichs. 

 Paraspiiecodes 



tilacMis Smith. 



lithusca Smith. 



talchius Smith. 



stuchila Smith. 



altichus Smith. 



taluchis Smith. 



excultus Ckll. 

 Megachila 



leucopyga Smith. 



chrypsopyga Smith. 



ordinaria Smith. 

 Exoneura 



bicolor Smith. 



reprcesentans Smith. 

 Although this list is small, Tasmania is evidently much richer 

 in bees than New Zealand. No doubt, many species remain to 

 be discovered, and the local naturalist who will take up the bees 

 in Tasmania will not only have a rich harvest of new forms, but 

 also an opportunity to determine the habits of all the species, 

 nothing having been done in this direction. It will also be very 

 interesting to determine how many of the Australian genera are 

 actually absent from Tasmania, and what proportion of the Tas- 

 manian species is precinctive. 



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