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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  clypeus 
  quite 
  closely 
  puncturedj 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  diflFerent 
  

   sizes 
  ; 
  supraclypeal 
  area 
  dullish, 
  finely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  front 
  dull, 
  

   extremely 
  densely, 
  subconfluently 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   tending 
  to 
  run 
  in 
  vertical 
  rows 
  ; 
  antennae 
  dark 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  

   dull, 
  appearing 
  granular 
  under 
  a 
  lens, 
  extremely 
  densely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  well 
  punctured, 
  

   but 
  not 
  so 
  densely 
  as 
  mesothorax, 
  and 
  shining 
  between 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  large, 
  very 
  feebly 
  sculptured, 
  

   the 
  surface 
  minutely 
  tessellate, 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  fine 
  ridges 
  

   reaching 
  halfway 
  to 
  margin, 
  the 
  middle 
  irregularly 
  reti- 
  

   culated 
  ; 
  hind 
  spur 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  tooth, 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  low 
  

   feebly 
  dentate 
  lamella 
  ; 
  tegulae 
  fulvous. 
  Wings 
  faintly 
  

   dusky, 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  reddish 
  sepia 
  ; 
  outer 
  r. 
  n. 
  and 
  

   t.-c. 
  weakened 
  ; 
  second 
  s.ra. 
  broad, 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  

   before 
  its 
  end, 
  or 
  (Pt. 
  Lonsdale 
  specimen) 
  first 
  r.n. 
  meeting 
  

   second 
  t.-c. 
  Abdomen 
  broad, 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  segments 
  

   suffusedly 
  reddish 
  ; 
  first 
  two 
  segments 
  minutely 
  transversely 
  

   wrinkled 
  and 
  rather 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  lateral 
  base 
  of 
  

   second 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  dull 
  pale 
  tomeutum, 
  and 
  bases 
  

   of 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  right 
  across 
  ; 
  venter 
  with 
  

   short 
  white 
  hair, 
  toward 
  base 
  longer 
  and 
  somewhat 
  curled. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Victoria 
  (type 
  locality), 
  Feb. 
  1901, 
  two 
  (C. 
  F. 
  ; 
  

   Turner 
  Coll.) 
  ; 
  Pt. 
  Lonsdale, 
  Jan. 
  1908 
  {J. 
  A. 
  Ktrshaiv 
  ; 
  

   Yict. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  265). 
  Very 
  like 
  H. 
  ivillsi, 
  Ckll., 
  but 
  the 
  

   second 
  s.m. 
  is 
  difi'erently 
  shaped, 
  and 
  the 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  

   front, 
  metathorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  differ. 
  

  

  Halictvs 
  niveifrons, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  4| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  copious 
  and 
  snow-white 
  on 
  face 
  

   and 
  front 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  bright 
  red 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  face 
  strongly 
  

   narrowed 
  below 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  tegument 
  entirely 
  black, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  densely 
  plumose 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  antennae 
  wholly 
  

   dark, 
  flagellum 
  stout, 
  comparatively 
  short, 
  almost 
  like 
  that 
  

   of 
  a 
  female 
  ; 
  front 
  minutely, 
  very 
  densely 
  striato-punctate 
  ; 
  

   mesothorax 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  microscopically 
  lineolate- 
  

   tess^ellate, 
  without 
  evident 
  punctures 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  dull, 
  

   feebly 
  striatulate 
  basally; 
  tegulse 
  clear 
  testaceous. 
  Wings 
  

   clear, 
  the 
  stigma 
  large, 
  piceous 
  ; 
  nervures 
  fuscous, 
  outer 
  

   r. 
  n. 
  and 
  t.-c. 
  very 
  weak 
  ; 
  second 
  s.m. 
  much 
  higher 
  

   than 
  broad, 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  well 
  before 
  middle 
  ; 
  third 
  

   s.m. 
  very 
  short, 
  no 
  larger 
  than 
  second. 
  Abdomen 
  broad, 
  

   black, 
  and 
  shining, 
  withovit 
  hair-bands 
  or 
  patches 
  ; 
  the 
  

   surface 
  very 
  finely 
  and 
  weakly 
  transversely 
  lineolate, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  evident 
  punctures. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tasmania, 
  two 
  males 
  (Lea; 
  Froggatt 
  coll. 
  141). 
  

  

  