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a little broader above than second ; anterior tibiae and tarsi with red hair beneath ; 

 hind tibial scopa black or blackish above, white beneath ; legs, black ; abdomen 

 closely and finely punctured ; second segment depressed basally ; liind margins of 

 segments broAvn, the third and fourth with shaggy white hair-bands, placed sub- 

 marginally, the second with bands at sides, and the first with only lateral patches ; 

 fifth segment with short fuscous hair, but the usual heavy fringe is absent ; pygidial 

 plate large, with convex sides. 



Bribie Island, Queensland, 2-11-13 {Hacker). Related to P. punctatus Sm., 

 but easily separated by the colour of stigma and nervures. 



Paracollates scitulus n. sp. 

 Male. Length about 8 mtii. ; black, with hind margins of abdominal segments 

 very obscurely reddish ; anterior knees, apical part of femora in froat, a:ii their 

 tibiae in front, all clear ferruginous ; middle femora reddened at apex, and their tibiae 

 at base in front ; hind femora and tibiae and all the tarsi black, except that basal half 

 of anterior basitarsi is red, and the apical joint on all the tarsi is clear red ; head 

 broad, with shining white hair at sides of face ; middle of front polished and shining 

 (not at all so in P. nilidulus CklL), vertex also shining ; supraclypeal area dull ; 

 clypeus convex finely punctured ; antennae long, not moniliform, flagellum (excep ; 

 basal joint) dark brown beneath ; cheeks with long white hair ; mesothorax dullish, 

 with scattered very weak punctures, but posteriorly shining : scutellum polished 

 and shining, impunctate in middle, with very weak punctures toward the side ; 

 area of metathorax convex, shining, Avithout striae or keel, but the surface is 

 microscopically roughened ; abdomen shining, with long white hair on first segment, 

 but without bands ; hair at apex ^aXe reddish. There is long dull white hair at sides 

 of thorax posteriorly. 



Brisbane, Queensland, 25-9-19 [Hacker). One male. Res3mble3 P. specu- 

 liferus, but easily separated by the clypeus. Superficially, it could be taken for 

 P. incanescens CklL, which also occurs at Brisbane, but the clypeus is different, 

 and the b.n. falls short of t.c, instead of meeting it as in inczmsoens. la bath, the 

 first r.n. joins second s.m. in middle, and the tegulae are ahke in both, or perhaps 

 rather redder in scitulus. 



The following key will facilitate the separation of the species of Paracolletes 

 recorded above : — 



At least abdomen more or less metallic . . . . • . ' • • 



Non-mietallic species 



Thorax metallic 



Thorax black 



Abdomen brassy, suffused with crimson ; comparatively large species 



Abdomen olive -green 



Abdomen blue or purple ■ . 



Mesothorax purple, with a green area on disc posteriorly 



Mesothorax green . . 



Abdomen bright green 



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1. 



9. 



2. 

 4. 



chalcurus Ckll. 



Melbournensis Ckll. 



. 3. 



carinatus Smith 



plumoiius Smitii. 



boroiiicB Ckll. 



