﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  519 
  

  

  white 
  tomentum, 
  much 
  broadened 
  at 
  sides 
  ; 
  venter 
  with 
  

   stiff 
  white 
  hair, 
  no 
  curled 
  scopa. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Puruong, 
  near 
  Murray 
  R., 
  S. 
  Australia 
  {S. 
  W. 
  

   Fulton 
  ; 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  Vict. 
  13G, 
  216, 
  224). 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  species, 
  readily 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  highly 
  polished 
  

   mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  the 
  dense 
  conspicuous 
  

   abdominal 
  hair-bands. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  opacicolUs, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  scanty 
  dull 
  white 
  hair; 
  mandibles 
  black, 
  with 
  

   a 
  faint 
  subapical 
  reddish 
  spot 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  very 
  obscurely 
  

   brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  head 
  broad 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  opaque, 
  with 
  

   sparse 
  rather 
  large 
  punctures, 
  except 
  the 
  lower 
  margin, 
  

   which 
  is 
  broadly 
  shining 
  ; 
  supraclypeal 
  area 
  dull 
  ; 
  middle 
  

   of 
  front 
  dull, 
  tinely 
  striate, 
  with 
  obscure 
  punctures 
  between 
  

   the 
  striae 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  dull, 
  minutely 
  tessellate, 
  with 
  widely 
  

   scattered 
  very 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  shining, 
  dull 
  

   in 
  middle 
  and 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  very 
  large, 
  

   finely 
  but 
  very 
  distinctly 
  striate. 
  Legs 
  reddish 
  black 
  or 
  

   obscurely 
  brownish, 
  small 
  joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   spur 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  blunt 
  tooth 
  near 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  beyond 
  

   that 
  a 
  long 
  low 
  keel 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  piceous, 
  with 
  a 
  rufous 
  or 
  

   pallid 
  spot. 
  Wings 
  dusky, 
  the 
  large 
  stigma 
  dull 
  red, 
  

   nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  outer 
  r. 
  n. 
  and 
  t.-c, 
  weakened 
  ; 
  second 
  

   s.m. 
  very 
  broad, 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  before 
  

   its 
  end. 
  Abdomen 
  broad, 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   margins 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  obscurely 
  reddish, 
  or 
  the 
  whole 
  

   abdomen 
  very 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  small 
  triangular 
  patches 
  of 
  dull 
  

   whitish 
  tomentum 
  at 
  lateral 
  bases 
  of 
  segments 
  2 
  to 
  4, 
  not 
  

   very 
  conspicuous 
  ; 
  first 
  two 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  transversely 
  

   lineolate, 
  subtessellate, 
  hardly 
  at 
  all 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Victoria 
  (type 
  locality), 
  Feb. 
  and 
  Sept., 
  1901 
  {C.F.; 
  

   Turner 
  coll.) 
  ; 
  Hobart, 
  Tasmania 
  [Lea; 
  Froggatt 
  coll. 
  165). 
  

  

  A 
  commonplace 
  - 
  looking 
  species, 
  distinguished 
  from 
  

   H. 
  orbatus, 
  Sm., 
  by 
  the 
  less 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  mesothorax 
  

   and 
  other 
  characters. 
  The 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  mesothorax, 
  under 
  

   a 
  lensj 
  looks 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  H. 
  smithii, 
  

   D. 
  T. 
  The 
  Tasmanian 
  specimens 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  those 
  

   from 
  Victoria, 
  with 
  browner 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  granulithorax, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  6| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  robust, 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair, 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   brownish 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  obscurely 
  reddish 
  in 
  middle 
  ; 
  

  

  