﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  509 
  

  

  two 
  he 
  described 
  not 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  A 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  supposed 
  bicingulatus 
  before 
  me, 
  from 
  Smith's 
  

   collection, 
  i^ 
  peraustralis. 
  Smitli^s 
  descriptions 
  are, 
  however, 
  

   sufficiently 
  exact, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  of 
  my 
  identifications. 
  

   When 
  I 
  described 
  H. 
  leai 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  I 
  was 
  misled 
  

   by 
  the 
  supposed 
  bicingulatus 
  from 
  Smith's 
  collection. 
  Male 
  

   H 
  leai 
  shows 
  the 
  broad 
  red 
  plate, 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  

   hedleyi 
  and 
  tasmanice 
  group, 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen. 
  A 
  

   male 
  leai 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Croydon 
  by 
  S. 
  W. 
  Fulton 
  (Nat. 
  Mus, 
  

   Vict. 
  156). 
  

  

  Halidus 
  griseovittatus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7\ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  robust, 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  reddish 
  at 
  apex, 
  

   sometimes 
  legs 
  dark 
  reddish 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  very 
  obscurely 
  

   reddish 
  subapically 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  black 
  or 
  distinctly 
  reddened 
  

   apically 
  ; 
  head 
  broad 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  and 
  supraclypeal 
  area 
  

   brilliantly 
  shining, 
  with 
  large 
  punctures 
  ; 
  sides 
  o£ 
  face 
  

   glistening, 
  but 
  middle 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  front 
  perfectly 
  dull, 
  

   with 
  exceedingly 
  minute 
  sculpture; 
  a 
  raised 
  line 
  running 
  

   downward 
  from 
  middle 
  ocellus 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  sbining, 
  but 
  

   strongly 
  and 
  quite 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  

   minute 
  irregular 
  punctures; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  semilunar, 
  

   very 
  finely 
  wrinkled 
  except 
  near 
  the 
  margin, 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  

   moderately 
  shining 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  truncation 
  not 
  sharp 
  or 
  an- 
  

   gular. 
  Legs 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  very 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  or 
  fulvous 
  

   on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  hind 
  spur 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  stout 
  oblique 
  

   tooth 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  beyond 
  this 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  

   low 
  lamina 
  or 
  keel 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  piceous. 
  Wings 
  greyish 
  hya- 
  

   line, 
  stigma 
  dark 
  rufo-piceous, 
  nervures 
  sepia 
  ; 
  outer 
  t.-c. 
  

   and 
  r. 
  n. 
  much 
  weakened 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  entering 
  apical 
  corner 
  of 
  

   second 
  s.m. 
  or 
  meeting 
  second 
  t.-c. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  very 
  

   minutely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  bases 
  of 
  segments 
  with 
  bands 
  of 
  pale 
  

   greyish 
  tomentum, 
  broad 
  and 
  entire 
  on 
  third 
  and 
  fourth, 
  

   mainly 
  at 
  sides 
  on 
  second 
  ; 
  caudal 
  rima 
  pale 
  greyish 
  or 
  

   brownish 
  ; 
  venter 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  but 
  no 
  curled 
  scopa. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brisbane, 
  Queensland 
  ; 
  the 
  type 
  from 
  Kelvin 
  Grove, 
  

   Jan. 
  15, 
  1912 
  [H. 
  Hacker; 
  Queensl. 
  Mus. 
  27) 
  ; 
  others 
  from 
  

   Sunnybauk, 
  Sept. 
  12, 
  1911, 
  and 
  Logan 
  Road, 
  Sept. 
  18, 
  1911 
  

   {Hacker 
  ; 
  Queensl. 
  Mus. 
  4, 
  26) 
  ; 
  also 
  three 
  from 
  Mackay, 
  

   Queensland, 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  1900 
  {Turner, 
  1079). 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  species, 
  rather 
  like 
  a 
  sniall 
  edition 
  of 
  H. 
  reproR- 
  

   sentans^ 
  but 
  with 
  quite 
  different 
  metathorax. 
  

  

  