234 CATALOGUE OP THE DESCRIBED HYMENOPTEKA OF AUSTRALIA, 



the majority of the descriptions will be found in the British 

 Museum Catalogue of Hymenoptera (1853), in the Transactions 

 of the Entomological Society of London (1862-64, 1866, 1868), 

 and in "New Species of Hymenoptera, British Museum" (1879). 

 This family contains the bees with short tongues, solitary in their 

 habits, while many of them are parasitic ; but hardly anything is 

 known about the habits of any of our Australian Andrenidce. 



173. PARACOLLETES. 

 FaracoUetes, Sm. MSS. ; Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. Pt. i. p. 6 

 (1853). 



1065 ABDOMiifALis, Sm. New Sp. Hym. Brit. Mus. p. 5 (1879). 



Champion Bay, W.A. 

 CRASSIPES, Sm. Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. p. 6 (1853). 



Swan River, W.A. 

 FERViDUS, Sm. New Sp. Hym, Brit. Mus. p. 4 (1879). 



N. Holland. 



MARGINATUS, Sm. l.C. p. 4. 



Queensland. 

 NiTiDUS, Sm. I.e. p. 3. 

 N.W. Coast, Australia. 



174. LEIOPROCTUS. 

 Leioproctus, Sm. MSS. ; Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. Pt. i. p. 8 



(1853). 



1070 ELEGANS, Sm. Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. p. 9 (1853). 



Adelaide, S.A. 

 FiMBRiCATUS, Sm. New Sp. Hym. Brit. Mus. p. 6 (1879). 



Australia. 

 FRONTALIS, Sm. Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. p. 9 (1853). 



N. Holland. 

 VIGILANS, Sm. New Sp. Hym. Brit Mus. p. 7 (1879). 



Swan Biver, W.A. 



