26 ANDRENID.'E. 



27. Prosopis morosa. ■ 



Femnh. IxMigth 5 lines.— Llack, witli yellow markings. The 

 clvpeus with an oblong macula as wide as the clypcus above, and 

 laiHTing (o an o1)(iis(> point near to the anterior margin; iho fla- 

 gelluin fulvous beneatli. Thorax closely punctured ; the tubercles, 

 scutellum, and postscutellum yellow ; the enclosed space at the 

 base of the metal liorax sniootli. Abdomen closely and finely punc- 

 tured ; the apical margins of the segments very narrowly rufo- 

 picoous. 



Ifab. Australia. 



28. Prosopis simillima. 



Female. Length 4 lines.— Black, with yellow markings. The head 

 closely punctured; the face on each side of the clypeus yellow ; the 

 Hagellum of the ant^jnna) fulvous beneath. Thorax subopaque, 

 closely and finely pimctured ; the tubercles, scutellum, and post- 

 scutcllum yellow ; wings hyahnc and iridescent ; the metathorax 

 truncate, t'he enclosed space at its base rugose. Abdomen shining, 

 verj' closely and finely punctured. 



Uab. Moreton Bay. 



This species is from the same locality as P. confusa, Smith, and, 

 excepting in the colour of the abdomen, very closely resembles 

 it ; but the head of P. simillima is much narrower anteriorly, the 

 insect is smaller, and the thorax much more finely punctured. 



SPHECODES, Latr. 



1. Sphecodes volatilis. 



Male. Length 3| lines. — Black, the abdomen shining. Head very 

 closely punctured, opaque ; the face densely covered with silvery- 

 white pubescence, also a thin pale pubescence on the vertex aud 

 cheeks ; tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; antennsesubmoniliform. 

 Thorax strongly and closely punctured above, the metathorax 

 coarsely rugose at the base ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the ncr- 

 vures pale nifo-testaceous ; the apical joints of the tarsi ferrugi- 

 nous. Abdomen very finelj' punctured ; the a'pical margin of the 

 first segment bright rufo-piceous. 



Hah. Trans-Baikal. 



2. Sphecodes rufiventris. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Head and thorax black, wings fuscous, 

 abdomen red. The head closely punctured : the face before the 

 antennsc densely covered with white pubescence ; the clypeus 



