﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  137 
  

  

  very 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  genus 
  Gastropsis, 
  Smith, 
  represents 
  

   the 
  male 
  sex 
  of 
  Stenotritus. 
  The 
  two 
  agree 
  in 
  venation 
  and 
  

   the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax. 
  

  

  ParacoUetes 
  crassipes, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  from 
  Caloundra, 
  Oct. 
  30, 
  1912 
  (Queensl. 
  Mas. 
  73), 
  

   is 
  peculiar 
  in 
  the 
  venation, 
  the 
  third 
  s.m. 
  being 
  exti'cmely 
  

   broad 
  above, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  t.-c. 
  strongly 
  bowed 
  outward, 
  

   with 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  curve. 
  

  

  ParacoUetes 
  nigrofulvus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  11^ 
  mm., 
  rather 
  slender. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  

   and 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi, 
  obscurely 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  abundant, 
  mostly 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  but 
  brownish 
  black 
  

   on 
  sides 
  of 
  face, 
  on 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  (but 
  not 
  on 
  occiput), 
  

   on 
  mesothorax 
  except 
  anteriorly, 
  and 
  on 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  fiagel- 
  

   lum 
  strongly 
  crenulated 
  beneath, 
  scarcely 
  reddish 
  ; 
  head 
  

   broad, 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  much 
  broader 
  tlian 
  long; 
  mandibles 
  

   dark 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  light 
  ochreous 
  hair, 
  but 
  

   just 
  above 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  brownish 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

   shining, 
  very 
  sparsely 
  and 
  feebly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  

   unarmed 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  obtusely 
  

   transversely 
  ridged 
  in 
  middle. 
  Legs 
  with 
  ochreous 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   spurs 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  shining 
  piceous. 
  Wings 
  dusky 
  ; 
  

   nervures 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  stigma 
  red-brown 
  ; 
  b. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  

   t.-m. 
  ; 
  second 
  s.m. 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  distinctly 
  before 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  third 
  s.m. 
  receiving 
  second 
  r. 
  n. 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  

   end; 
  third 
  s.m. 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  twice 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  second. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining, 
  without 
  evident 
  punctures, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segments 
  with 
  thin 
  pale 
  ochraceous 
  hair, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  beyond 
  this 
  gives 
  way 
  to 
  black, 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  scanty 
  

   until 
  the 
  sixth 
  segment, 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  long 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  sub- 
  

   apically 
  show 
  long 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  apical 
  plate 
  broadly 
  expanded 
  

   at 
  end, 
  truncate. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Shoalhaven, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  March 
  9, 
  1894 
  

   [Froggatt, 
  72). 
  

  

  In 
  ray 
  table 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  1905, 
  p. 
  345, 
  this 
  

   runs 
  to 
  15, 
  and 
  runs 
  out 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  It 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Tasmanian 
  P. 
  obscurus 
  (Sm.). 
  

   In 
  my 
  table 
  in 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Jan. 
  1906, 
  it 
  runs 
  

   to 
  P- 
  obscurijyennis, 
  Ckll., 
  a 
  related 
  but 
  much 
  smaller 
  Tas- 
  

   manian 
  species. 
  

  

  