the Apidfe in the British Museum. 477 



15, f Disc of mesonotum with spots of ochra- 



I ceous pubescence. (W. Australia.). , macularis,T>.T. 

 J {maculata, Sm.) 



j Disc of mesonotuin not so spotted. 



I (Champion Bay,) ausfj-ahisiee, D. T. 



{imitata, Sra.) 



16, fAll the abd. tergites black, with narrow 

 apical fascias. L. 10 mm, (Hunter 

 River.) simplex. 



Abd. tergite 6 or 5 and 6 otherwise 

 coloured 17. 



17. Abd. termite 6 laterally fen-uginous ; a 

 small insect. L. 8 mm. (Adelaide.) npicata. 



Larger insects. L. 11 mm 18. 



18. Abd. tergite 6 with a short griseous 

 pilosity, (Tasmania.) ordinaria, 



~) Abd. tergites 5 (apically) and 6 with pale 



( fulvous pilosity. (Australia.) modesta. 



c?c?. 



1, f Anterior tarsi dilated, anterior coxae 



J armed with spines 2. 



y Anterior tarsi simple, anterior coxae un- 

 ( armed .......................... 3. 



2. f Face covered with fulvous pubescence ; 

 abd. tergite 6 black. L. 13 mm. 



I (" New Holland.") latipes. 



-^ Face covered with white pubescence ; 

 abd. tergite 5 with a patch of ferru- 

 ginous pubescence. L. Hmm, (Swan 



__ River.) .,...,..,....., ferox, 



Abd. tergite 6 entire, not emai'ginate ; 



face with white pubescence 4. 



Abd. tergite 6 notched ; face with yellow 

 or fulvous pubesceiice ; abdomen 

 black, with white or white and ferru- 

 ginous pubescence , 5, 



4. f°Abd. tergite 6 bluntly rounded ; abdo- 

 men black, with white pubescence 

 basally; tergite 5 with a patch of 

 ferruginous pubescence. L. 9 mm. 

 (W. Australia.) canifrons. 



Abd. tergite 6 truncate ; abdomeq wholly 

 ferruginous. L. 8 n;m. (Macintyre 

 River.) abdotninalis^ ]^ 



5. j Abdomen black, with white pubes- 

 I cence basally ; tergites 4 (apically) and j?:-~^ 

 I 5 or 5 and 6 ferruginous ; abdomen 



•{ not coarsely punctured 6, 



Abdomen black, with white pubescence 

 basally ; apical tergites black ; abdo- 

 men coarsely punctured 7, 



6. (Tergite 6 deeply notched, tergites 5 and 

 6 ferruginous, L. 14 mm. (" New 

 Holland.") ignita. 



Tergite 6 faintly notched ; an apical 

 fascia on tergite 4 and tergite 6 for 

 the most part ferruginous. L. 11 mm. 

 (W. Australia.) erythropyga. 



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