Descriptions and Records of Bees. 17 



Hah. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 86° 51' E., 

 156 fathoms, shell-sand. 



A few valves of a small Lepton, not unlike in form to the 

 British L. squamosum, Mont. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate I. 



Fig. 1. Cyclostrema tredecimlineatinn. 



Fig. 2. ( Tubiola) nugatorium. 



Fig. 3. Solariella iridifulgens. 

 Fig. 4. Monilea chiliarches. 

 Fig. 5. Epitonium zatrephes. 



Fig. 6. schepmani. 



Fig. 7. Crosseia alliciens. 



Fig. 8. Teinostoma emmeles. 



Fig. 9. Ethalia diotrephes. 



Fig. 10. Fluxina stenomphala. 



Fig. 11. Hissoa {Apicularia) townsendi. 



Fig. 12. (Scrobs) elspetha. 



Fig. 13. ( ) ictriellu. 



Fig. 14. Obtortio elongelki. 



Fig. 15. Cerithium trigonostomum. 



Plate IT. 



Fig. 16. Cerithiopsis eutreta. 



Fig. 17. henjamensis. 



Fig. 18. (Seila) ochrolivens. 



Fig. 19. Columbella (Seminella) salutarit. 

 Fig. 20. Mitra (Pusia) geoffreyana. 

 Fig. 21. Terebra remanalva. 

 Fig. 22. Mangilia ichthys. 



Fig. 23. querna. 



Fig. 24. tetartemoris . 



Fig. 25. PleurotomeUa rhytisme'is. 

 Fig. 26. Donovania tomlini. 

 Fig. 27. Turris invicta. 

 Fig. 28. Retusa turrigera. 

 Fig. 29. Lepton orientale. 



II. — Descriptions and Records of Bees. — XXX. 

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



The present part is wholly devoted to Australian Prosopi- 

 didae. After studying a long series of species of Meroglossa 

 and Palozorhiza, it becomes evident that the latter is at best 

 a subgenus. An examination of the mouths brings out the 

 remarkable fact that the males have pointed (dagger-like) 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. vi. 2 



