Record* of Bees. 101 



The following table will further facilitate identification : — 



Females 1 . 



Males 4. 



1. Hind margins of abdominal segments pallid 



or testaceous //. pulvitectus, Ckll. 



Hind margins of abdominal segments dark . 2. 



2. Mesothorax (seen under a lens) distinctly 



punctured 3. 



Mesothorax feebly or very minutely punc- 

 tured //. fumeauxi, Ckll. 



3. Small, wings greyish H. isthmalis, Ckll. 



Larger, wings brownish II. littler/', Ckll. 



4. Clypeus all dark 5. 



Clypeus with a light marginal band G. 



5. Antennne rather short, face very hairy .... H. niveifrons, Ckll. 

 Antennae very long H. blight, Ckll., and 



[i7. bassi, Ckll. 



6. Very minute, mesothorax very shiny H. cyclognathus, Ckll. 



Medium size 7. 



7. Tegulse amber, tibiae red H. hcematopusfCMl. 



Not thus brightly coloured on tegulae and 



legs 8. 



8. Smaller, tarsi red or reddish H. isthmalis, Ckll. 



Larger, tarsi dark II. baudini, Ckll., and 



[H. boweni, Ckll. 



Halictus fumeauxi, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 7 ram., anterior wing 5 ram. 



Black, robust, with thin dull white hair, very pale yellowish 

 on inner side of tarsi ; head broad ; mandibles strongly 

 bidentate, deep chestnut-red apically ; clypeus shining, with 

 large irregular punctures, more or less in longitudinal rows ; 

 supraclypeal area dullish, with very minute punctures ; 

 antennae black ; mesothorax dullish, with extremely minute 

 punctures ; area of metathorax weakly and finely plicatulate ; 

 tegulse rufo-piceous. Wings grey ; stigma large, dilute 

 reddish brown j outer r. n. and t.-c. extremely weak; second 

 s.m. very broad, but third broader; first r. n. meetiug 

 second t.-c. Legs black, hind legs obscurely brownish. 

 Abdomen shining, without evident punctures ; basal corners 

 of third and fourth segments with white hair, the fourth 

 with quite dense patches ; venter with straight (not curled) 

 white hair. 



Hab. Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Feb. 12-March 3, 1913 

 [Turner). British Museum. 



Superficially like H. sturti, Ckll., but easily separated by 

 the less shining mesothorax and more delicately sculptured 

 area of metathorax. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xvi. 8 



