﻿Records 
  of 
  Beef. 
  139 
  

  

  Allied 
  apparently 
  to 
  P. 
  cinereus 
  (Sm.), 
  but 
  differing 
  by 
  

   the 
  black 
  legs 
  and 
  other 
  characters. 
  Easily 
  known 
  from 
  

   F. 
  providellus 
  bacchalis 
  by 
  the 
  peculiar 
  antennae. 
  

  

  Paracolletes 
  semipurpureus 
  (Cockerell), 
  var. 
  b. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Vertex, 
  thorax 
  above, 
  and 
  tubercles 
  with 
  light 
  orange- 
  

   fulvous 
  hair, 
  contrasting 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  of 
  face, 
  pleura, 
  and 
  

   raetathorax; 
  anterior 
  and 
  middle 
  basitarsi 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   black; 
  red 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rather 
  dusky. 
  Abdomen 
  

   strongly 
  crimson, 
  the 
  hair 
  at 
  end 
  mostly 
  whitish, 
  but 
  fuscous 
  

   at 
  extreme 
  apex 
  ; 
  b. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  t.-m. 
  

  

  Hab.. 
  Eutherglen, 
  Victoria 
  (French, 
  1909 
  ; 
  Froggatt 
  coll. 
  

   87). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  variable 
  species, 
  but 
  I 
  believe 
  certainly 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  P. 
  cuprcus 
  (Sm.), 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  at 
  first 
  associated 
  

   as 
  a 
  subspecies. 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  P. 
  Cferuleotinctus, 
  Ckll., 
  is 
  

   also 
  labelled 
  Rutherglen, 
  1909 
  (French 
  ; 
  Froggatt 
  coll. 
  85). 
  

  

  Paracolletes 
  sigillatus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  including 
  the 
  legs 
  (tarsi 
  reddish 
  at 
  end), 
  the 
  short 
  

   flagellum 
  ferruginous 
  beneath 
  except 
  at 
  base, 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   dark 
  red 
  apically, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  broadly 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  pale 
  

   ochreous 
  dorsally, 
  somewhat 
  fuscous 
  on 
  vertex, 
  but 
  on 
  face, 
  

   cheeks, 
  pleurae, 
  and 
  metathorax 
  dull 
  white 
  ; 
  head 
  broad 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  only 
  moderately 
  shining, 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  ; 
  

   mesothorax 
  shining, 
  with 
  weak 
  punctures 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  shining 
  

   iu 
  front, 
  dull 
  and 
  rough 
  behind 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  angularly 
  

   produced 
  behind, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  shining 
  button-like 
  tubercle 
  

   (suggesting 
  the 
  seal 
  on 
  the 
  flap 
  of 
  an 
  envelope, 
  whence 
  the 
  

   specific 
  name) 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  dull, 
  but 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  

   raetathorax 
  brilliantly 
  shining. 
  Legs 
  with 
  pale 
  hair, 
  hind 
  

   tibial 
  scopa 
  suffused 
  with 
  fuscous 
  on 
  outer 
  side; 
  tegulse 
  dark 
  

   rufo-piceous. 
  Wings 
  dusky, 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  b. 
  n. 
  falling 
  a 
  little 
  short 
  of 
  t.-ra. 
  ; 
  stigma 
  lanceo- 
  

   late 
  ; 
  marginal 
  cell 
  long 
  and 
  narrow 
  ; 
  second 
  s.m. 
  small^ 
  

   receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  middle 
  ; 
  third 
  s.m. 
  very 
  

   large, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  second, 
  as 
  broad 
  above 
  as 
  

   second 
  is 
  below, 
  receiving 
  second 
  r. 
  n. 
  as 
  far 
  from 
  its 
  end 
  as 
  

   first 
  r. 
  n. 
  is 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  second 
  s.m. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  

   not 
  punctured, 
  densely 
  covered 
  apically 
  with 
  very 
  pale 
  

   dusky 
  ochreous 
  hair, 
  and 
  bands 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  covering 
  the 
  

   pallid 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  at 
  sides. 
  

  

  