12 HYMENOPTERA. 



above tlunlv clotlu-d with fuscous jiuhescencc, beneath it is 

 uearly white, as well as that on the eoxse and trochanters; on 

 tlie leus it IS black, except that on the tarsi beneath, which is fus- 

 cous ; the clnws tcrru<.'in()us. \VinLrs hyaline; below the jmst- 

 scutellniu is a transverse elevated carina, beneath which the meta- 

 thorax is coarsely punctured. Abdomen blue, with a greenish 

 tinfre ; sparin-.'ly punetiued above, more closely so at the sides 

 and beneath ; the pubescence at the apex black; the second and 

 third segments beneath are fringed with pale jjubescence, on the 

 following it is fuscous. 

 Hub. New Holland. 



.5. Lami'Uocouletes plumosus, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 hues. — Head and thorax of a metalhc 

 green, covered, but not closely, with deep jjunctures ; the apical 

 joints of the antenuje beneath fulvous ; the jjubescence on the 

 face is short and silvery, on the vertex it is fuscous. The thorax 

 beneath is o])ake, above bright and shining ; the pubescence is 

 fuscous or dirty white, rather i)alest beneath ; each hair under a 

 low magnifying i)ower is beautifully plumose, as well as that on 

 other parts" of the insect; the legs rufo-piceous ; the scopa on 

 the posterior tibia is dark fuscous above, beneath it is silvery 

 white ; the wings clear hyaline, their tegulse rufo-piceous. Ab- 

 domen blue, with scattered punctures, the margins of the seg- 

 ments smooth and shining ; the jjubescence on the apical seg- 

 ment black ; beneath, the basal half of abdomen is rufo-piceous, 

 the margins of the segments fringed with long pale hair. 



Hab. Swan River. 



6. Lamprocolletes irroratus, n. s. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, the face above finely stri- 

 gose, the clyqieus having scattered deep punctures ; the thorax 

 above verv delicately punctured ; the shoulders have a broad 

 ejiaulet of scale-like pubescence ; the floccus silvery grey ; the 

 scopa beneath of the same colour, above fuscous. Abdomen 

 black with an olive reflection, the anal fimbria black ; beneath, 

 the margins of the segments are fringed with silvery grey pu- 

 bescence. 

 Hab. Port Philip. (Coll. W. Wilson Saunders, Esq.) 



7. Lamprocollete.s cin'ereus, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black, the pubescence on the face 

 cinereous, the clypeus coarsely punctured, apex of the mandibles 

 ferruginous. Thorax closely and moderately punctm-ed, the pu- 



