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and in the middle line as a low triangular (supraclypeal) 

 projection, truncate apically ; scape a little swollen, entirely 

 bright yellow; legs yellow except the trochanters, coxee, and 

 hind femora, which are black, the hind femora having a small 

 yellow spot at apex ; first r. n. entering extreme corner of 

 first s.m. ; third ventral segment of abdomen with a pair of 

 small tubercles, but no ridge between. 



Hab. Victoria, 2 ? , 1 <? {& F.). Turner Collection, 

 British Museum. 



The male runs near to P. bituberculata, Sm., and bidentata, 

 Sm., but is easily separated by the entirely yellow tibiae and 

 tarsi. 



Pro sop is cassia?, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 8 mm. 



Robust, red and black, with cream-coloured markings on 

 head and thorax ; head and thorax strongly punctured, the 

 punctures of mesothorax very large, irregularly placed, 

 well separated ; head large, red, with broad (semicircular in 

 outline) dull yellow lateral marks on face; antennas red, the 

 flagellum dusky above toward apex ; tongue as in Prosopis ; 

 thorax black, with two marks on prothorax above, tubercles, 

 small crescent behind, scutellum (except anteriorly, where 

 the pale colour is trilobed by the sublateral incursion of the 

 black) and postscutellum (except sides) all cream-colour; 

 legs dark, the anterior tibiae clear ferruginous in front; 

 tegulai dark rufo-fuscous, with a small white spot in front. 

 Wings clear, nervures and stigma brown ; b. n. falling short 

 of t.-m. ; first r. n. meeting first t.-c. ; second r. n. joining 

 second s.m. near apex. Abdomen dark chestnut-red with a 

 faint purplish lustre ; first segment quite dark, with a sub- 

 apical red band ; venter blackish. 



Hab. Mackay, Queensland {Turner, 861). Brit. Museum. 

 At flowers of Cassia (Dec. 1899), Eugenia (Nov. 1899), and 

 Xanthorrhcea (April 1899). 



Differs from all other species by its red head and abdomen, 

 light face-marks, and cream-coloured thoracic markings. 



Prosopis amata, Ckll. 

 Mackay, Queensland, March 1900 (Turner, 1050). 



Prosopis pachygnatha, sp. n. 



? . — Length Sj mm. 



Runs in my table of Australian Prosopis to 19, and runs 

 out because lateral face-marks are roughly foot-shaped, the 



