Records of Bees. 501 



broader clypeus has a broad ferruginous band on each side, 

 each equal to the median yellow band, but not quite reaching 

 the lower margin ; a longitudinal ferruginous band, becoming 

 black in front, runs across the pleura ; the stigma is dark 

 rufo-fuscous, and the nervures are dilute fuscous ; the first 

 abdominal segment has no dark marks; the bases of the 

 segments are yellow, especially at sides; the fourth segment 

 is deep purple instead of black, and is yellow at the base, the 

 yellow narrowing to a point medially ; the apical segments 

 are dark shining blue. The postscutellum has no black mark, 

 and the area of metathorax is shining, ferruginous at sides, 

 wholly without fluting. The scape is light ferruginous in 

 front. 



Hab. Cairns, Queensland (Turner), 1 ?. Kur. 12.01. 

 British Museum. 



C(ELTOXYS. 



The three Australian species have been described only in 

 the female. I have before me males^of all three, from the 

 Turner collection, now in the British Museum. They may 

 be separated as follows : — 



Length slightly over 12 mm. : wings brilliantly 

 purple, hyaline at base ; some tufts of black 

 hair at sides of thorax behind, and lower down 

 a tuft of white hair; apical segment of abdo- 

 men with four terminal teeth, the two upper 

 ones scarcely more tbau rectangular, and with 

 a small tooth at each .side basally ; fourth 

 ventral segment with two strong keels, and 

 deeply excavated between them. (Cairns ; 



Kur. 4. 02.) albiceps, Friese. 



Smaller, length not over 9 mm. : wings infuscated, 

 not very dark, not purple ; no tufts of black 



hair at sides of thorax behind 1. 



1. Scutellum with dense very large punctures; apical 

 segment of abdomen broader than long-, with 

 six long teeth, the lateral ones finger-like but 



very slender. (Mackay, 1. 01.) regince, Ckll. 



Middle of scutellum smooth and shining ; apical 

 segment of abdomen longer than broad, with 

 six well-developed teeth, the lateral ones spine- 

 like. (Mackay, 9. 00.) albolineata, Ckll. 



C. albolineata also occurs at Cairns (Kur. 4. 02 : Turner). 



Xomia aurantifer, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 12 mm. 



Black, the abdomen without hair-bands, but with the hind 

 margins of segments 2 to 4 broadly smooth and shining and 



