﻿Records 
  of 
  Beas. 
  505 
  

  

  convex 
  supraclypeal 
  area 
  faintly 
  greenish 
  ; 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  

   mandibles 
  red 
  ; 
  flagellnm 
  rather 
  dull 
  red 
  beneath 
  ; 
  front 
  

   dullish, 
  very 
  minutely 
  sculptured 
  ; 
  thorax 
  blacky 
  with 
  the 
  

   mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  dark 
  olive-green 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  

   dullish^ 
  finely 
  and 
  quite 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  granulated 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  punctures 
  ; 
  disc 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  except 
  in 
  middle, 
  

   shining 
  and 
  very 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  

   large, 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  its 
  surface 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  

   reticulation. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  with 
  pale 
  hair, 
  the 
  knees 
  and 
  

   small 
  joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  hind 
  spur 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  subbasal 
  tooth 
  ; 
  tegulae 
  pale 
  rufo-testa- 
  

   ceous, 
  darkened 
  at 
  base. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline, 
  stigma 
  and 
  

   nervures 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  outer 
  nervures 
  much 
  weakened, 
  as 
  in 
  

   Chloralictus. 
  Abdomen 
  broad, 
  without 
  hair-bands, 
  bright 
  

   chestnut-red 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  segment, 
  except 
  the 
  broad 
  apical 
  

   margin, 
  extending 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  down 
  sides, 
  black. 
  The 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  may 
  be 
  red 
  in 
  front, 
  except 
  apically. 
  

  

  Variety 
  a. 
  — 
  Rather 
  smaller 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  more 
  shining, 
  

   dark 
  bluish 
  green. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Croydon, 
  Australia 
  {S. 
  W. 
  Fulton, 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Vict. 
  

   177, 
  182) 
  ; 
  var. 
  a, 
  same 
  data 
  (180). 
  

  

  Closely 
  related 
  to 
  H. 
  sphecodoides. 
  Smith, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  

   only 
  a 
  subspecies, 
  but 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  abdomen 
  being 
  

   all 
  red 
  except 
  at 
  base, 
  the 
  stigma 
  paler, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  lighter 
  

   beneath. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  dry- 
  country 
  representative 
  of 
  

   H. 
  sphecodoides. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible, 
  judging 
  from 
  Smith's 
  description, 
  that 
  the 
  

   original 
  series 
  of 
  sphecodoides 
  included 
  the 
  present 
  species, 
  

   but 
  the 
  type 
  was 
  restricted 
  in 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

   Sept. 
  1904, 
  to 
  the 
  form 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   dark. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  caloundrensis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Robust, 
  with 
  scanty 
  white 
  hair; 
  abdomen 
  without 
  hair- 
  

   bands 
  or 
  spots 
  ; 
  head 
  ordinary, 
  dark 
  bluish 
  green, 
  shining 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  dark 
  reddish 
  apically 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  partly 
  very 
  bright 
  

   green, 
  well 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  fine 
  sharp 
  keel 
  between 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  ; 
  front 
  finely 
  longitudinally 
  striate, 
  the 
  striae 
  before 
  

   middle 
  ocellus 
  longitudinal 
  (transverse 
  in 
  transvolans) 
  ; 
  

   flagellum 
  dark, 
  obscure 
  reddish 
  apically 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  very 
  

   brilliant 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  with 
  curious 
  transverse 
  wave-like 
  

   plicae, 
  directed 
  obliquely, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  meet 
  at 
  an 
  angle 
  in 
  middle 
  

   line; 
  scutellum 
  peacock-green, 
  the 
  disc 
  smooth 
  and 
  brilliantly 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  with 
  longitudinal 
  plicae 
  or 
  

  

  