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apically ; clypeus very densely and strongly punctured, 

 covered (but not thickly enough to hide surface) with pale 

 hrowuisli-tinted hair : cheeks, sides of face, and most of 

 front with long white hair, but sides of front above with 

 black hair ; tlagclhun dark, but ferruginous beneath at apex ; 

 hair of thoiax largely white, white also on occiput, but long 

 and black ou vertex ; black on niesothorax, except the broad 

 anterior border, and narrow lateral margins, and an admixture 

 of white posteriorly; long black hair on scutellum, with white 

 intermixed, black below tegnUie, and a large dark fuscous 

 })atch on under side of thorax : mesothorax and scutellum 

 (lull, with rather weak punctures ; area of metathorax tri- 

 angular, dullish ; tegulie black. AVings moderately dusky, 

 darkir in apical region ; the very small stigma and nervures 

 fuscous ; b. n. falling just short of t.-m. ; second s.m. very 

 broad, receiving first r. n. a little before the middle; third 

 s.ni. receiving second r. n. a short distance before end. Legs 

 black, the anterior tibite red in front, and the small joints of 

 tarsi red ; hair oMcgs mostly white, but pale yellowish brown 

 ou inner edge of tarsal, mainly fuscous on outer side of basi- 

 tarsi and of anterior and middle tibise, but the loose tibial 

 scopa of hind legs clear white, except at extreme base above ; 

 hind spur with such short and minute pectinations as to 

 appear simple under a lens. Abdomen broad, without distinct 

 punctures : hind margins of first four segments with very 

 narrow white hair-bands ; hair at apex black, white hair at 

 sides of fifth segment ; venter with light hair-bands. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.W. Australia, Sept. 14-Oct. 31, 1913, 

 3 ? {R. E. Turner). British Museum. 



Closely allied to P. advena (Sra.), but larger and broader, 

 with white hind tibial scopa. In Tab. 1 it could run near to 

 P. argent if rons, which is quite different, or to P. obscurus, 

 from which it differs by the large size and abdominal bands. 

 In Tab. 2 it runs nearest to P. liobartensis, which has no abdo- 

 minal hair-bands. lu Tab. 3 it ruus to P. argentifrons. 



Paracolletes sexmaculatus, sp. n. 



? .—Length 13-U mm. 



Robust ; head, thorax, and legs black ; abdomen dark but 

 very distinct bluish green, with six very conspicuous though 

 not large transversely elongated patches of pure white hair, 

 on lateral hind margins of segments 2 to 4 : the heavy apical 

 fimbria black ; head broad; mandibles black, very faintly red- 

 dish siibapically, with a single inner tooth; clypeus shining, 

 strongly punctured; flagellum dull red beneath apically; 

 face and cheeks with glittering white hair; on lower part 



