﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  515 
  

  

  HaJictus 
  kurandensis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  (? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  6^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Rather 
  robust, 
  black, 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  apical 
  half 
  

   of 
  clypeus 
  (narrowing 
  laterally, 
  not 
  reaching 
  sides) 
  bright 
  

   lemon-yellow, 
  but 
  the 
  actual 
  margin 
  light 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   labrum 
  pale 
  reddish 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  with 
  apical 
  part 
  chestnut- 
  

   red 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  prominent, 
  face 
  narrowed 
  below 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  

   very 
  long 
  (about 
  4 
  mm.), 
  strongly 
  crenulate 
  beneath, 
  very 
  

   obscurely 
  reddish 
  ; 
  front 
  dull 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  small 
  ; 
  tubercles 
  

   slightly 
  brownish 
  ; 
  disc 
  of 
  mesothorax 
  glaucous, 
  with 
  very 
  

   fine 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  very 
  large, 
  

   hardly 
  defined 
  at 
  sides, 
  covered 
  with 
  labyrinthiforra 
  ridges 
  ; 
  

   mesopleura 
  obliquely 
  striated; 
  truncation 
  of 
  metathorax 
  

   very 
  sharply 
  defined 
  at 
  sides 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  rather 
  large, 
  piceous, 
  

   with 
  the 
  margin 
  narrowly 
  lighter. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  slightly 
  

   dusky, 
  strongly 
  iridescent 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   outer 
  nervures 
  strong 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  second 
  t,-c. 
  ', 
  

   second 
  s.m. 
  higher 
  than 
  broad. 
  Legs 
  reddish-black, 
  the 
  

   tarsi 
  obscure 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  without 
  

   hair-bands 
  ; 
  broad 
  apical 
  margins 
  of 
  segments 
  strongly 
  

   shining 
  and 
  slightly 
  elevated, 
  but 
  the 
  region 
  before 
  them 
  

   duller 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  glaucous. 
  The 
  microscope 
  shows 
  

   the 
  front 
  to 
  be 
  coarsely 
  striato-punctate. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cairns, 
  Queensland, 
  " 
  Kur. 
  4.02'' 
  {Turner). 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  striated 
  pleura 
  it 
  resembles 
  H. 
  circumdahis 
  ; 
  by 
  

   the 
  glaucous 
  mesothorax 
  it 
  resembles 
  H. 
  tertius 
  ; 
  from 
  both 
  

   it 
  is 
  readily 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  sculpture 
  and 
  other 
  characters. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  helichrysi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair, 
  the 
  broad 
  abdomen 
  thinly 
  

   hairy 
  at 
  sides 
  and 
  dorsally 
  beyond 
  middle, 
  but 
  not 
  banded 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  bidentate, 
  with 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  chestnut- 
  

   red 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  chestnut-red 
  beneath, 
  except 
  at 
  extreme 
  

   base 
  ; 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   narrowly 
  reddish, 
  of 
  fourth 
  broadly 
  hyaline; 
  legs 
  black, 
  

   tarsi 
  reddened 
  apically 
  ; 
  head 
  broad 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  shining, 
  with 
  

   irregular 
  not 
  very 
  large 
  punctures 
  ; 
  front 
  glistening 
  at 
  

   sides, 
  dull 
  in 
  middle, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  

   the 
  punctures 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  in 
  rows 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  shining, 
  

   with 
  strong 
  well-separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  shining, 
  

   with 
  very 
  small 
  punctures 
  ; 
  metathoracic 
  area 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  

   sinuous 
  rugae; 
  sides 
  of 
  apical 
  truncation 
  not 
  sharply 
  defined 
  ; 
  

   tegulpe 
  rufous, 
  piceous 
  at 
  base. 
  Wings 
  clear, 
  nervures 
  and 
  

  

  35^ 
  

  

  