Records of Dees. 2 1 



}[eroglossa penetrata percrassa ((Jkll.). 



(J. — Similar to the female, but face deeply chamielled on 

 each side as far down as middle of clypeus ; clypeus with a 

 very hroad median cream-coloured stripe; a triangular supra- 

 clypeal mark, sharply pointed above; linear lateral face- 

 inaiks, beginning near level of middle of cly|)ens, gradually 

 broadening above, ending a little above level of middle of 

 front ; scape black, swollen ; flagellum tcrriiginous beneath ; 

 thoracic markings as in female, but clyi^eal mark reduced to 

 a triangle on posterior margin. Legs without light markings, 

 but anterior tibiae largely ferruginous in front; venter with 

 scanty pale glittering hair, aj)ical dorsal segments with black. 

 Wings clear. 



For other characters see under ^f. laclifera. 



Hill'. .Mackay, Queetisland (Turner, "273 V), May 

 18yy, at flowers of Xanthorrhaa. 



Meroglossa turneriana hurandensis (Ckll.). 



A male from Cooktown, Oct. 1902, has legs marked as in 

 true turneriana, and supraclypeal mark wholly wanting. The 

 njctathorax and hind femora and tibiaj are shining lilac. 



This was collected by Mr. Turner, and is in the Britisli 

 Museum. 



Meroglossa turneriana viridimutans, subsp. n. 



? . — Like the same sex of ^^. turneriana (C'kll.), with no 

 light markings on face, but Prussian green instead of blue, 

 with lilac tints here and there (variable) on face, thorax 

 above, and first abdominal segment ; the hind tibiee, seen 

 from behind, arc shining purple. 



This has a distinct appt-aiance, but is only a local race ; 

 some females of M. turneriana from Mackay have the thorax 

 green. 



Ilab. Port Darwin, Nov. and Dec. 1902 (Turner). British 

 Museum. 



A series of male M. turneriana obtained by Mr. Turner at 

 Mackay and (one sj)ecimen) Cairns shows considerable varia- 

 bility in colour. iSome have the thorax strongly suffused 

 with lilac, and the vertex may bo entirely green. The 

 Mackay specimens were taken in August, January, February, 

 and March. The species shows the usual Meroglossa 

 dimorphism in the tongue. 



