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known only in the male, but I feel confident that it is not that species. Among the 

 known females it resembles M. simpliciformis Ckll., but the clypeus is entirely 

 different. 



GASTROPSIS Smith. 



Gastropsis victorise rufocollaris n. subsp. 

 Male. Length about 14 mm. ; face and front covered with bright ferruginous 

 hair ; eyes yellowish green ; first three antennal joints clear ferruginous ; scape 

 somewhat swollen ; mesothorax and scutellum somewhat metalhc ; anterior part 

 of mesothorax with bright fox-red hair, abruptly separated from the black of the 

 hinder part ; anterior tibiae red in front and black behind ; abdominal segments 

 2 and 3 with white hair-bands along their posterior margins, failing in middle. 



Mallee, Victoria {H. W. Davey). Two males. The position of Gastropsis has 

 been in doubt, but it certainly belongs to the subfamily Diphaglossinse. 



STENOTRITUS Smith. 



Stenotritus elegantior n. sp. 

 Female. Length about 16 mm. ; similar to S. elegans Sm., but with the 

 following special characters : — Head and thorax above metallic, with rich purple and 

 green tints ; hair of face and front fulvous, of cheeks white, contrasting ; scape 

 entirely bright ferruginous ; legs with long white hair, pale brown on anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi (red on inner face of tarsi), brownish on middle tarsi and partly so on tibiae, 

 chocolate colour on inner side of hind tibiae and tarsi (the basitarsi very broad) ; 

 abdomen steel-blue, with white hair-bands, interrupted in middle, on first four 

 segments ; fifth segment with a heavy rusty- black fringe, the apical middle of which 

 is bright red. The mesothorax and scutellum have black hair on disc, but the meso- 

 thorax anteriorly is broadly covered with, white hair, having a faint creamy tint. 



Queensland, " Hy. 330." From the label, I suspect it is a Turner specimen, 

 from the Mackay region. 



PARACOLLETES Smith. 



ParacoUetes melbournensis Cockerell. 

 " Bright V." {H. W. Davey). 



ParacoUetes carinatus Smith. 

 Kuranda (Dodd). One male. The very rich purple colour of abdomen may 

 indicate a distinct race, as one would expect from the locality. 



ParacoUetes plumosus Smith. 

 " Bright V." {H. W. Davey). One female. Hamel, W. Australia, one male. 

 The details of the venation are variable, but I cannot distinguish more than one 

 species. 



