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eoiit. Abdomen shiuiiig and delicately punctured ; beneath not so 

 finely and more distantly punctured than above. 



Hah. Melbourne. 



7. Prosopis honesta. 



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

 obscurely purple. The clypeus and the face on each side of it, 

 nearly as high as the antenna), yellow ; the flagellum very obscurely 

 fulvous beneath. Thorax closely punctured ; the scutcllum and 

 postscutellum each with a semicircular yellow spot ; the tubercles, 

 anterior and intermediate tibiije in front, and the basal joint of the 

 anterior tarsi yellow : wings hyaline and iridescent. Abdomen 

 shining and closely punctured. 



Hah. Tasmania. 



8. Prosopis rotundiceps. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Black, with yellow markings ; the head 

 rotundate, anteriorly truncate. A large ovate macula on each side 

 of the face, nearly as high as the insertion of the antennae ; the 

 flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax closely punctured ; the scu- 

 tcllum and postscutellum, as well as the tubercles, yellow ; legs 

 obscure rufo-piceous ; wings hyaline and iridescent. Abdomen 

 shining and very finely punctured, and having a purple tint in 

 certain lights. 



Hah. Melbourne. 



9. Prosopis amicula. 



Female. Length 2| lines. — Black, with yellow markings. Head 

 very closely and finely punctured ; an oblong angulated spot on 

 each side of the face, extending a little above the antennae ; the 

 clypeus with a fine irregular striation ; the flagellum fulvous 

 beneath. Thorax very finely and closely punctured ; the collar 

 and tubercles yellow, the colouring uniting ; the anterior tibiae 

 rufo-piceous in front, and with a minute yellow spot at their base ; 

 the claw-joint of the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; the metathorax trun- 

 cate, the enclosed space at the base rugose ; wings hyaline and 

 iridescent. Abdomen shining, and closely and delicately punc- 

 tured. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



10. Prosopis insularis. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Black, with cream-coloured markings. 

 Head rotundate ; a line on each side of the face along the orbits 



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