﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  517 
  

  

  Halictus 
  victoriellus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Like 
  H. 
  imitans, 
  but 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  robust, 
  with 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  dull 
  red 
  beneath 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  more 
  shining 
  and 
  

   finely 
  punctured; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  shorter, 
  with 
  weaker 
  

   stripe, 
  which 
  are 
  oblique, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  joined 
  by 
  many 
  

   little 
  cross-ridges 
  ; 
  stigma 
  testaceous 
  (instead 
  of 
  castaneous) 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  margins 
  of 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  suffused 
  by 
  reddish 
  ; 
  

   hair 
  of 
  venter 
  short 
  and 
  not 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Victoria, 
  Feb. 
  1901 
  (C. 
  F. 
  ; 
  Turner 
  coll.). 
  Two 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  plebeius, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Lengtli 
  about 
  6^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Like 
  H. 
  imitans, 
  but 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  much 
  

   more 
  shining, 
  with 
  fine 
  punctures 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  dull 
  red 
  be- 
  

   neath 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  shorter, 
  with 
  much 
  less 
  distinct 
  

   striae, 
  which 
  frequently 
  anastomose, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  surface 
  

   is 
  cancellate 
  ; 
  stigma 
  smaller 
  ; 
  hind 
  spur 
  yellowish 
  white 
  

   (red 
  in 
  imitans). 
  The 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   are 
  very 
  finely, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  and 
  regularly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  is 
  densely 
  striato-punctate. 
  

  

  S 
  ■ 
  — 
  Length 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  ivory-coloured 
  band 
  on 
  apical 
  half 
  ; 
  

   flagellum 
  long 
  and 
  rather 
  thick, 
  obscurely 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   cheeks 
  not 
  enlarged 
  ; 
  legs 
  black, 
  with 
  very 
  slender 
  reddish- 
  

   brown 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  so 
  finely 
  reticulate 
  as 
  to 
  

   appear 
  roughened 
  under 
  a 
  lens 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  shining, 
  not 
  

   hairy. 
  The 
  tegulse 
  have 
  a 
  clear 
  testaceous 
  spot. 
  Known 
  

   from 
  related 
  males 
  by 
  tbe 
  small 
  size 
  and 
  dark 
  legs. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Purnong, 
  near 
  Murray 
  R., 
  S. 
  Australia 
  {S. 
  TV. 
  

   Fulton 
  ; 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Vict. 
  108, 
  157). 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  the 
  

   type. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  idoneus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  cJ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Slender, 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  rufous 
  

   apically 
  ; 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  clypeus 
  cream-colour, 
  depressed 
  in 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  long, 
  entirely 
  dark, 
  very 
  strongly 
  crenu- 
  

   lated 
  beneath 
  ; 
  legs 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  extreme 
  apices 
  

   of 
  tibiae, 
  clear 
  ferruginous; 
  abdomen 
  parallel-sided, 
  with 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  bases 
  of 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  reddened. 
  . 
  

   Face 
  rather 
  broad, 
  with 
  much 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  middle 
  of 
  front 
  

  

  