A COLLECTION OF BEES FROM QUEENSLAND.— COCKEBELL. 197 



A COLLECTION OF BEES FROM QUEENSLAND. 



By T. D. a. Cockerell, University of Colorado. 



The object of the present paper is to report on a very interesting series of 

 bees from Queensland, collected by Mr. H. Hacker, and kindly li nsmitted to me 

 by Dr. R. Hamlyn- Harris. They are all represented by specimens in the Queensland 

 Museum. 



PROSOPIS Fabricius. 



Scutelltim and postscu'ellum yellow 



1. 



6. 



. . perplexa Sm., V • 



2. 



3. 



4. 



aureomaculata CklL, g . 



Scutellum and postscutellum dark 



1. Abdomen greenish blue (139, Bribie I., 2.11.13) 

 Abdomen black 



2. Face-marks white or creamy white 

 Face -marks yellow . . 



3. Clypevis mainly white (130, Brisbane, 6.10.14) . . 

 Clypeus black with a small white mark (144, Smmybank, Brisbane, 17.9.14) 



aureomaculata Ckll., ? . 



4. Face extremely narrow (146, Darra, 14.10.13) - . . . . -aureomaculata Ckll., <?, variety. 

 Face broad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 



5. Mesothorax extremely finely punctured (142, Oxley, Brisbane, at Leptospermum, 8.9.14) 



frederici Ckll., '^ , variety with lateral face-marks short. 

 Mesothorax coarsely pimctured (143, Brisbane, 9.9.12) . . . . . . obtusata Sm., ? . 



6. Abdomen blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. 



Abdomen black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 



7. Face below antennae white or creamy white right across (135, 141, Brisbane, 17.2.14 and 6.10.14) 



chromatica Ckll., S • 

 Face below antennae not white right across . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. 



8. Cljrpeus yellow, margined with black (128, Stradbroke 1., 2.10.11) . . . . disjuncta Ckll., S • 

 Clypeus black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. 



9. Tubercles marked with creamy white, not continuous with the white marks on prothoracic 



border (140, Simnybank, Brisbane, 17.9.14) .. .. .. disjuncta Ckll., $. 



Tubercles bright yellow, the colour continuous with that on prothoracic border (134, Brisbane, 

 6.10.14) chromatica Ckll., ? . 



10. Greater part of femora yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. 



Femora mainly or wholly dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 



11. Mandibles yellow (131, Brisbane, at Leptospermutn, 12.9.12) . . (Gnathoprosopis) euxantha Ckll. 

 Mandibles black (136, Brisbane, 6.10.14) . . . . {Gnathoprosopis) amicula Sm., c? . 



12. Tubercles white or very pale yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 13. 



Tubercles bright yellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14. 



13. Face below antenna: very pale yellow right across (129, Oxley, Brisbane, 17.9.14) 



perhumilis CkR., <? . 

 Clypeus black, lateral face-marks white (145, Brisbane, 13.10.14) . . eburniella Ckll., ? . 



14. Yellow band on prothorax interrupted (137, 138, Brisbane, at Leptospermum; 6.10.14) 



{Gnathoprosopis) hackeri Ckll., g and ? , 

 Yellow on prothorax continuous . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . 15. 



15. Face all black (151, Caloundra) . . . . . . . . . . . . melanops Ckll., n. sp. 



Face with yellow lateral marks (132, 133, Brisbane, 6.10.14). . .. .. amicula Sm., $. 



