Becords of Bee.'f. 665 



broad; nearly as large as third, receiving first r. n. near its 

 end ; third s.m. of the quadrate (not elongated) type. 

 Abdomen shining, with numerous very minute punctures ; 

 basal bands on segments 2 to 4 pale ochreous-tinted, reduced 

 to triangular lateral patches ; apex with pale ochreous 

 hair. 



Hab. Formosa (Sauier). Berlin Museum. 



Halictus recognitus, sp. n. 



9 . — Length about 10 mm., anterior wing 7. 



Black, with pale ochreous-tinted pubescence, whiter below, 

 dense and distinctly ochreous on postscutellum ; head 

 ordinary, clypeus rather produced, strongly punctured ; 

 mandibles dark, obscure red apically ; cheeks broad in 

 middle ; antennae dark, flagellum obscurely reddish beneath ; 

 front dull and granular, vertex shining ; mesothorax shining, 

 but strongly and closely punctured ; scutellum densely 

 punctured except on each side of middle; prothorax an- 

 gulate on each side in front, the angle approximately a right 

 angle ; area of metathorax not distinctly defined, very 

 irregularly wrinkled, the sculpture coarse ; posterior trun- 

 cation with sharp margins. Legs black, with pale ochreous 

 hair; hind spur apparently simple, but with very oblique 

 and sharp microscopical denticulations ; tegulee dark rufo- 

 piceous. Wings greyish, stigma and nervures dull testa- 

 ceous ; first r. n. joining second s.m. a short distance before 

 end ; third s.m. nari'owed above, but not much produced 

 apically. Abdomen rather long and narrow, closely and 

 minutely punctured, except the greater part of the first 

 segment, which is shining with widely separated punctures ; 

 basal hair-bands dense, creamy white, entire, their lower 

 edges straight ; apical fimbria ochreous, but the surrounding 

 area coA'cred with brown-black hair. 



Hab. Formosa (Sauter). Berlin Museum. 



Looks like H. multistictus, but easily separated by the 

 paler wings ; larger, scattered punctures on first abdominal 

 segment ; much smaller basal region (between truncation 

 and postscutellum) of metathorax, &c. 



Halictus multistictus, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 10| mm., anterior wing 8. 



Black, with short pale reddish pubescence, whiter below ; 

 head ordinary, rather broad ; clypeus well punctured ; 

 antennae dark ; front dull, densely and finely punctured, 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. viii. 44 



