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pale line ; posterior orbits not striped ; thorax without light 

 markings; area of metathorax strongly purple, rugose in 

 middle; apex of abdomen with a pair of minute contiguous 

 spines. 



Bab. Cairns, Queensland (Turner). British Museum. 

 " Kur., 2. 02, 3. 02, and 4. 02." 



The tongue shows the same sexual dimorphism as in the 

 other species. 



Meroglossa perkinsi, Ckll. 



£ . — Length about 1\ mm. 



Resembling the female, except as follows : — Face narrower, 

 the three light bands occupying much more space, so that the 

 face below the antennse may be said to be light, with a broad 

 dark band extending from each antenna down the sides (not 

 quite to the apex) of the clypeus ; scape light in front ; 

 tubercles, upper border of prothorax narrowly, and a large 

 triangle on each side light ; mesothorax with scarcely visible 

 traces of two pale lines; scutellum and postscutellum each 

 with a conspicuous light band on each side, the scutellar 

 bands also projected forwards as a slight pale line on poste- 

 rior lateral edge of mesothorax ; a broken light band on 

 pleura, extending backward from tubercles. These light 

 markings are reddish in the specimen described, but appa- 

 rently altered from yellow by cyanide. 



One specimen from Cooktown, Nov. 1902 (Turner). 

 British Museum. 



Meroglossa varicolor eboracina, subsp. n. 



j . — Metallic Prussian green, similar to M. varicolor, but 

 face-marks greatly developed, the face below antennas all 

 light except linear clypeal sutures, and a small triangle below 

 each antennal socket ; supraelypeal mark extending as a 

 band up to middle ocellus ; a broad light stripe along posterior 

 orbital margins ; tubercles, a square spot behind, and a small 

 spot below light, as also upper border of prothorax ; scutellum 

 with a broad light stripe on each side, and a fine line, inter- 

 rupted in middle, along hind margin ; postscutellum light, 

 with a broad basal green triangle. Wings dusky._ lhe 

 last three ventral segments have erect dark fuscous hair. 



Ilab. Cape York, May 1902 (Turner). British Museum. 



M. varicolor from Mackay, Dec. 1900 (Turner\ £, has 

 the scape white in front (it is dark in $ reginarum) and head 

 and thorax with much rose-purple colour. 



