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b. n. meeting t.-m. ; first r. ii. joining second s,m, much 

 before middle ; second r. n, joining tiiird s.m. very near 

 end. Abdomen shining but rather roughened, especially the 

 second segment, the punctures extremely miimte; very thin 

 pale ochreous hair, thicker at lateral apices of segments 2 

 to 4, forming rudimentary, very inconspicuous bands ; apical 

 fimbria black ; venter with pale ochreous hair. 



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

 {R. E. TuDier). British Museum. 



Structurally allied to P. subviyilans and related species, 

 but unique by the peculiar coloration of the legs. 



Paracolletes b'lcolor (Smith). 



This species appears to be variable (see Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soe. xxxvi. p. 201), and I cannot sepai'ate a couple of males 

 taken by Turner at Yallingup, although they have the meso- 

 thorax entirely green, the colour not at all " obscure.'' The 

 tibiae and tarsi are red, the tibiae are more or less suffused 

 with dusky. P. plumosus, Sm., has similar colours, and is 

 very closely allied. 



Paracolletes fimbriatinus hillieri, subsp. n. 



(^ . — Like P. fimbriatinus, Ckll., but smaller, length about 

 8 mm. ; hair of head and thorax cream-colour ; flagellum 

 bright ferruginous above and beneath ; abdomeu more 

 shining and less densely punctured, the hair on apical 

 margins of segments wholly pale ; femora black except at 

 apex. 



Hub. Hermannsburg, Central Australia {H. J. Hillier) . 

 British Museum. 



Apparently a desert representative of P. fimbriatinus, 



Paracolletes bimaculaius (Smith). 



A single small male from Yallingup (7?. E. Turner^ is 

 referred to this species, which appears to be somewhat 

 variable. The abdominal segments are transversely clouded 

 with dusky, and the round black spots at sides of second 

 segment are small. The second s.m. is remarkably small 

 and narrow. Smith described this species from the female. 



Paracolletes castaneipes, sp. n. 



cJ . — Length about 10 mm. 

 Black, not at all metallic, the tibiae and tarsi deep chestnut- 



