SOME BEES COLLECTED IN QUEENSLAND— CUCKEEELL. U3 



hair, orange on inner .side of tarsi ; hind tiliial scopa loose and strongly plumose ; 

 abdomen dull, appearing finely granular under a lens ; a])ieal fimbria more or less 

 brownish. 



Rather like P. halicti/nnni.s Ckll. and P. siyillatus Ckll., but quite distinct. 



PROSOPIDID-E. 

 Prosopis constricta Ckll. Brisbane, Aug. 2, 1916. (171, 188.) 



The mark between the antcnnre is present in one specimen, absent in the other. 



Prosopis cyaneomicans Ckll. var. nigrescens n. var. Bribie Island, Jan. 1917. (172.) 



Flagellum black, obscurely browii teneath ; stigma and nervures brownish 

 black. 



Prosopis disjuncta Ckll. Caloundra, Jan. 20, 1916. (174.) 



Prosopis chromatica Ckll. Brisbane, Sept. 10 and 16, 1914 and 1915, the Sept. 16 one 



at flowers of Melaleuca prcissiana. (175, 173.) 

 Prosopis nubilosella susbp. mediosticta Ckll. Stradbroke Island, at flowers of grey 



gum, Dec. 3, 1912. (179.) 

 Prosopis eugeniella Ckll. Brisbane, Sept. 10, 1915. (184.) 

 Prosopis eburniella Ckll. Brisbane, Oct. 3 and Feb. 8, 1916. (181, 185.) 

 Prosopis amiculiformis Ckll. Brisbane, Sept. 12, 1916. (180.) 

 Prosopis amicula Smith. Brisbane, Feb. 8, 1916. (187.) 

 Prosopis serotinella Ckll. Brisbane, Oct. 3, 1916, $ (177). Sept. 26, 1916, S (176). 



The male is new ; it differs from the female by the bright lemon-yellow face, 

 labrum, and mandibles, the supraclypeal mark semicircular, the lateral marks broadly 

 truncate ju.st below antennae ; flagellum long, obscure brown beneath ; anterior and 

 middle knees, tibise (except a dark spot) and tarru yellow ; hind tibise pale yellow at 

 base ; hind basitarsi white at extreme ba-^e ; marginal cell only feebly infuscated, 

 darkest just beyond stigma, and cloud below marginal cell also f.iint. The abdomen 

 is flatt'sh. venter not modified. 



Prosopis aurifera n.sp. Stradbroke Island, Sept. 17, 1915. (178.) 



9. Length about 8 mm., wivh rather short abdomen ; black, with chrome- 

 yellow markings, as follows : Clypsus (except lower margin, and a narrow band down 

 each side), broad supraelyp;nl mark (truncate above and with oblique sides), broad 

 lateral marks extending a short distance above antennae, stripe on cheeks (only the 

 lower end touching orbit), upper border of prothorax (not reaching tubercles), tubercles, 

 and basal two-fifths of hintl iibia.. Mandibles ordinary : face broad ; ffag'-llum dull 

 ferruginous beneath except basally ; anterior tibioB red in front except apieally ; 

 front and mosothorax dull, but punctures more distinct on front than on thorax ; 

 area of metathorax dullish : tegulae dark fuscous ; wings slightly dusky ; nervures 

 and stigma piceous Ijlack, first r.m. meeting first t.c. ; abdomen dorsally shiny, wthout 

 evident hair ; venter not modified. 



A very distinct species, superficial!}' resembling Gnaihoprosopis hitvberculata 

 Sm. 



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