﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  145 
  

  

  hind 
  margin 
  swollen 
  and 
  obtnse, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  middle. 
  

   Legs 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair, 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  

   middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  hind 
  spur 
  simple 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  black. 
  

   Wings 
  dilute 
  brownish, 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  very 
  dark 
  

   reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  second 
  s.ra. 
  broad, 
  about 
  square 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  

   joining 
  second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  outer 
  nervures 
  thin 
  but 
  dark. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  shining, 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   segments 
  broadly 
  smooth 
  and 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  

   has 
  a 
  smooth 
  impunctate 
  area 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  hair 
  at 
  apex 
  

   black, 
  of 
  venter 
  white 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  fourth 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  is 
  very 
  finely 
  white-ciliate 
  at 
  

   extreme 
  base. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ararat, 
  Victoria 
  {IF. 
  F. 
  Hill; 
  N. 
  Mus. 
  Vict. 
  78, 
  

   80). 
  Two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Parasphecodes 
  dissimulator, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  inchiding 
  legs 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  rather 
  bright 
  ferruginous 
  

   at 
  apex 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  irregularly 
  punctured, 
  

   with 
  a 
  median 
  sulcus; 
  front 
  roughened, 
  hardly 
  shining; 
  

   hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dull 
  white, 
  mixed 
  with 
  fuscous 
  on 
  

   front 
  of 
  head, 
  and 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  on 
  disc 
  of 
  thorax 
  ; 
  meso- 
  

   thorax 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  shining 
  between 
  tlie 
  punctures 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  flattened, 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  not 
  bigibbous 
  ; 
  area 
  

   of 
  metathorax 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  noachiaus, 
  but 
  the 
  

   striae 
  very 
  feeble. 
  Legs 
  with 
  rather 
  more 
  dark 
  hair 
  than 
  

   in 
  P. 
  noachinus, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  witli 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  red-brown 
  

   hair 
  on 
  outer 
  side, 
  hind 
  basitarsus 
  with 
  a 
  brush 
  ot" 
  red 
  hair 
  

   at 
  end 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  rufo-piceous. 
  Wings 
  strongly 
  dusky, 
  

   nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  second 
  s,m. 
  broad, 
  

   receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  at 
  its 
  apical 
  corner. 
  Abdomen 
  nearly 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  allied 
  species, 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  second 
  segment 
  

   small 
  and 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  dense 
  ; 
  hair 
  at 
  apex 
  black, 
  of 
  venter 
  

   pale; 
  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  elevation. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  One 
  specimen 
  labelled 
  Carrom, 
  Victoria 
  {French 
  ; 
  

   Froggatt 
  coll. 
  176). 
  

  

  Parasphecodes 
  atrorufescens 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Robust, 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   very 
  dark 
  red 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  black, 
  very 
  faintly 
  reddish 
  at 
  end 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  slender 
  median 
  groove 
  and 
  sparse 
  

   only 
  moderately 
  large 
  punctures; 
  front 
  dullish, 
  granular, 
  

   but 
  shining 
  below 
  middle 
  ocellus 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   as 
  in 
  P. 
  dissimulator 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  densely, 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  

  

  Ann. 
  ik 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  xiii. 
  10 
  

  

  