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evidently swollen subapically ; hind tibiae swollen, with a large apical finger-like 

 projection but no spurs ; abdomen with five orange bands, the first very slender 

 and obsolescent in middle. 



National Park, Queensland, December, 1919, both sexes at flowers of Swain- 

 sonia galegifolia R.Br. {Hacker). According to the Index Kewensis, S. galegifolia 

 is a synonym of S. coroniUcefolia Salisb. The four specimens before me (two of each 

 sex) indicate that this is a distinct subspecies of Nomia aurantifer Ckll., 1910 (syn. 

 N. luteofasciafa Friese 1917). 



Nomia dimissa n. sp. 

 Male (Type). Like N. australica regincB Ckll., but smaller and more slender 

 (length about 10.5 mm.), with hyaline wings, faintly dusk}^ at apex ; hair of face 

 white, hardly perceptibly yellowish ; abdomen dark blue ; hind tibiae, seen from 

 behind, with the inner margin strongly angulate below the middle ; anterior lobe 

 of hind tibiae much more broadly truncate. This is not X. australica regis Ckll., from 

 wliich it is at once known by the flagellum being ferruginous beneath, and the 

 abdominal hair-bands strongly yellow. 



Female. Length about 10 mm., robust, like X. australica regince, but smaller,- 

 with a large red patch (triangular to subquadrate) on mesothorax in front. Clypeus 

 black or with a ver}^ faint reddish stain ; flagellum clear ferruginous beneath ; disc 

 of mesothorax shining ; abdomen very dark, the hair- bands whitish, slightly stained 

 with orange. 



Cairns District, Queensland {F. P. Dodd). 2 $, 1 (^. These are associated 

 because they come from the same region and collector, but it is peculiar that the 

 male wholly lacks the red mark on mesothorax, whereas I have a male regince from 

 Kuranda (Turner) which has it, though it is dull and inconspicuous. From the size 

 and the colours of the abdomen, this male regince cannot well be associated with the 

 above females. 



Nomia kurandina Cockerell. 

 Logan Road, Brisbane, 18-9-11 {Hacker). One female. 



CROCISA Jurine. 

 Crocisa waroonensis Cockerell. 

 Two males, Swan R., W. Australia (-/. Clark). 



ANTHOPHORA Latreille. 

 Anthophora pulchra Smith. 



The abdominal bands vary greatly in colour. It would be interesting to 

 determine M'hether the colours are at all uniform in any one colony : — 



(a) Bands turquoise blue. Female, Brisbane (7-12-15, Hacker). Recalls 

 A. chlorocyanea Ckll. 



