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Perdit a interrupta, Cresson. 



Claremont, California {Baker ; Pomona College, 227). 

 This is the first definite locality ; Cresson only gave 

 " California." 



Prosopis littleri, sp. n. 



<$ . — Length about 5'5 mm. 



Rather slender ; black, marked with pale lemon-yellow 

 and bright ferruginous ; face below antennae, as well as 

 labrum and mandibles, yellow; the lateral marks extend 

 upward along orbital margin as a very narrow band, coming 

 to a point about halfway up front ; scape with a yellow band 

 in front; fiagellum ferruginous beneath; mesothorax and 

 scutellum dull, with no punctures visible under a lens ; base 

 of metathorax dull, not sculptured ; narrow line on pro- 

 thorax above, and tubercles, white ; tegulae black. Wings 

 dusky, first r. n. meeting first t.-c. ; knees, anterior tibiae 

 (except sometimes a small spot), middle tibiae (except a large 

 patch behind), hind tibiae at base and extreme apex, and all 

 the tarsi (except extreme apex of middle and hind ones) 

 ferruginous. Abdomen with the basal two segments bright 

 ferruginous, the others black ; the first segment is black at 

 base, and the second has a large black patch on each side, 

 or these markings may be practically obsolete. 



George Town, Tasmania, March 1915 (F. M. Littler, 

 2593) . 



Nearest to the mainland P. sanguinipicta, Ckll., but easily 

 known by the greater amount of red on abdomen. 



Prosopis mediovirens, Cockerell. 



Launceston, Tasmania, Feb. 13, 1916 {Littler, 2809). The 

 male sent is 4*5 mm. long, which is larger than the type. 

 New to Tasmania. 



Prosopis chlorosoma, Cockerell. 



Launceston, Tasmania, Feb. 13, 1916 {Littler, 2810, pars) . 

 New to Tasmania. 



Prosopis perhumilis, Cockerell. 



Launceston, Tasmania, Feb. 13, 1916 {Littler, 2810, pars), 

 and a male, Feb. 12, 1914 {Littler, 2811). The occurrence 

 of this species in Tasmania {cf. Descr. Rec. Bees, lxii.p. 51) 

 is thus confirmed. 



