﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  513 
  

  

  strongly 
  obliquely 
  striate. 
  Legs 
  witii 
  light 
  hair, 
  pale 
  

   fuscous 
  on 
  posterior 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  piceous, 
  with 
  

   a 
  rufous 
  spot. 
  Wings 
  dusky, 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  dusky 
  

   reddish 
  ; 
  second 
  s.ni. 
  broad, 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  near 
  end 
  ; 
  

   outer 
  t.-c. 
  and 
  r. 
  n. 
  weakened. 
  Abdomen 
  rather 
  elongate, 
  

   pure 
  black, 
  shining, 
  very 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  bases 
  of 
  second 
  

   to 
  fourth 
  segments 
  with 
  dense 
  bands 
  of 
  clear 
  white 
  tomen- 
  

   tum, 
  visible 
  only 
  as 
  triangular 
  lateral 
  patches 
  on 
  second 
  ; 
  a 
  

   long 
  narrow 
  caudal 
  plate 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  apex 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  of 
  venter 
  somewhat 
  curled. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  '' 
  Rutherglen, 
  Victoria" 
  {French; 
  Froggatt 
  coll. 
  

   174). 
  

  

  Resembles 
  H. 
  reprcesentans, 
  but 
  easily 
  separated 
  from 
  this 
  

   and 
  from 
  H. 
  seductus 
  by 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  metathoracic 
  

   enclosure. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  strong 
  resemblance 
  to 
  H. 
  costulatus^ 
  

   Kriechb. 
  (Mark 
  Brandenburg, 
  Falkenberg, 
  June 
  6, 
  1875 
  ; 
  

   Gerstaecker 
  coll.). 
  

  

  Halictus 
  sanguinipes, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  cJ. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  bright 
  chestnut-red 
  legs 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  

   broad 
  pale 
  yellow 
  band, 
  pointed 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  and 
  with 
  

   an 
  upwardly-directed 
  point 
  in 
  middle 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  

   flagellum 
  very 
  obscurely 
  reddish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  dull 
  white 
  below, 
  faintly 
  brownish 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  front 
  

   dull 
  and 
  minutely 
  granular, 
  even 
  at 
  sides 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  

   rough, 
  glistening 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  brilliantly 
  shining, 
  with 
  irre- 
  

   gular 
  punctures 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  very 
  long, 
  irregularly 
  

   wrinkled 
  ; 
  truncation 
  small, 
  with 
  sharp 
  lateral 
  margins 
  ; 
  

   tegulee 
  piceous, 
  with 
  a 
  rufo-testaceous 
  spot. 
  Wings 
  reddish, 
  

   more 
  dusky 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   second 
  s.m. 
  rather 
  narrow 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  joining 
  second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  

   outer 
  nervures 
  strong. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  shining, 
  very 
  finely 
  

   punctured, 
  without 
  hair-bands 
  or 
  spots, 
  clavate 
  in 
  form, 
  

   narrowing 
  basally 
  ; 
  red 
  apical 
  plate 
  extremely 
  broad, 
  trun- 
  

   cate, 
  faintly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  middle. 
  The 
  coxse 
  and 
  trochanters 
  

   are 
  black, 
  contrasting 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  femora. 
  The 
  front 
  is 
  

   microscopically 
  striate, 
  with 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  between 
  the 
  

   striae. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  " 
  Windsor, 
  Victoria 
  " 
  (French 
  ; 
  Froggatt 
  coll. 
  182). 
  

  

  Close 
  to 
  H. 
  bicingulatus 
  , 
  but 
  easily 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  clavate 
  

   abdomen, 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  tegulse, 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  

   metathorax. 
  

  

  Ann. 
  c& 
  Mag. 
  X. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  xiii. 
  35 
  

  

  