﻿a4: 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  arid 
  

  

  2. 
  Second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  dense 
  tuft 
  of 
  hair 
  covering 
  the 
  slight 
  median 
  

  

  elevation 
  noachiniis, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  Second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  without 
  such 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  

   hair; 
  mesothorax 
  more 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  . 
  3. 
  

  

  3. 
  Tubercle 
  on 
  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  low 
  ; 
  

  

  abdomen 
  wholly 
  black 
  dissimulator, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  Tubercle 
  on 
  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  high 
  ; 
  

   first 
  three 
  segments 
  of 
  abdomen 
  very 
  dark 
  

   red 
  atrorufescens, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one 
  other 
  species^ 
  P. 
  carbonarius 
  {Halictus 
  

   carbonarius, 
  Smith). 
  This 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  P. 
  noachinus, 
  but 
  

   smaller, 
  with 
  more 
  dark 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  legs. 
  

  

  Faraspliecodes 
  fumidicaudus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  10^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Pitch-black 
  (including 
  the 
  legs), 
  flagellum 
  reddish 
  at 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  pubescence 
  black, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pallid 
  on 
  cheeks 
  and 
  

   sides 
  of 
  metathorax, 
  and 
  tubercles 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  pale 
  fringe 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  prominent, 
  with 
  sparse 
  strong 
  punctures 
  and 
  (to- 
  

   ward 
  base) 
  much 
  smaller 
  ones, 
  and 
  a 
  median 
  depression 
  ; 
  

   fringe 
  below 
  clypeus 
  wholly 
  dark 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  moderately 
  

   shining, 
  distinctly 
  and 
  rather 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  more 
  

   sparsely 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  bigibbous, 
  with 
  

   minute 
  punctures, 
  and 
  scattered 
  larger 
  ones 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  nieta- 
  

   thorax 
  rather 
  strongly 
  obliquely 
  ridged, 
  with 
  a 
  thickened 
  

   margin 
  interrupted 
  in 
  middle, 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  arciferus. 
  Legs 
  

   with 
  dark 
  hair 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  black. 
  Wings 
  dilute 
  fuliginous, 
  

   nervures 
  and 
  the 
  rather 
  small 
  stigma 
  very 
  dark 
  reddish; 
  

   second 
  s.m. 
  very 
  broad; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  

   second 
  r. 
  n. 
  and 
  third 
  t.-c. 
  thin. 
  First 
  two 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  distinctly 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  apex 
  with 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Stradbroke 
  Island, 
  Queensland, 
  Oct. 
  2, 
  1911 
  

   {H. 
  Backer, 
  Queensl. 
  Mus. 
  21). 
  

  

  Parasphecodes 
  noachinus, 
  sp, 
  n. 
  

   $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  11 
  mm., 
  expanse 
  about 
  20^. 
  

   Black 
  (including 
  the 
  legs), 
  flagellum 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  

   very 
  obscurely 
  reddish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   pale 
  grey, 
  with 
  much 
  black 
  on 
  face, 
  front, 
  vertex, 
  mesothorax, 
  

   and 
  scutellum; 
  clypeus 
  longitudinally 
  grooved, 
  with 
  very 
  

   strong 
  punctures, 
  and 
  some 
  small 
  ones 
  ; 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   shining; 
  mesothorax 
  shining, 
  but 
  not 
  brilliantly, 
  strongly 
  

   but 
  not 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  quite 
  sparsely 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  bigibbous, 
  shining, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  delicately 
  obliquely 
  striate, 
  the 
  

  

  