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I. Prosopis cogiiata. 



temnh. Length :\\ \ linos.— Head imd thorax bhick, willi yellow 

 Bpots ; tho iilxltinu-M dark hluo. Jli-ml closely punctured ; the clypeus 

 slightly pro<luced and anteriorly truncate ; on ouch side of the face 

 there irt a larfxc oroscent-shai)ed yellow spot, extendint? upwards 

 ahovo the insertion of the anteiinie ; tlic ilagcllum fulvous beneath. 

 Thorax closely punctured : the tubercles and a spot on the scu- 

 t«-lluni and on the postscutellura yellow, that on the scutellum 

 semicircular ; the metathorax truncate ; legs black. Abdomen 

 shining and with fine punctures. 



Mule. Length 3^ lines. — Closely resembling the female, but with the 

 face entirely yellow as high as the antenna) ; the flagellum fulvous 

 beneath. Thorax as in the female ; the anterior tibia3 and first 

 joint of the tarsi in front, the femora beneath at their apex, and 

 the intormediato tibiae in front yellow ; wings and abdomen as in 

 the female. 



JIah. Champion Bay ; Swan lliver. 



This species closely resembles P. ohtusata, but differs from it in 

 the form of the head, the clypeus being produced. 



5. Prosopis elongata. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Black, and with yellow markings ; the 

 abdomen one third longer than the head and thorax. The head 

 subrotundate, only a little longer than broad ; tlie face as high a3 

 the antennae yellow ; the flageUum fulvous beneath. Thorax very 

 finely and closely punctured ; the tubercles, scutcUum, and post- 

 scutellum yeUow ; the metathorax truncate, opaque, and with a 

 thin griseous pubescence ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, 

 the former fuscous behind. Abdomen shining, very finely and 

 closely punctured ; the margins of the first and second segments 

 slightly constricted. 



Ilab. Adelaide. 



6. Prosopis bituberculata. 



Male. Length 3 lines. — Black, variegated with yeUow ; the third 

 ventral segment of the abdomen produced laterally into a large, 

 Bubtriangular, compressed tubercle. Head rotundate ; the face as 

 high as the antenna) bright yellow; the scape dilated, the flagellum 

 fulvous beneath. Thorax very^ closely and finely punctured ; the 

 tubercles and a slightly interrupted line on the collar yellow ; the 

 anterior tibiae in front, the intermediate pair with a line in front, 

 and the basal joint of the tarsi, the posterior tibia) at their base, 

 and the first joint of the tarsi yellow ; wings hyaline and irides- 



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