Records of Beea, 23 



pale line ; poslerior orbits not stri|)eil ; thorax without liglit 

 niaikin<;.s; arcji of metathorax strongly j)Uij)le, ni;;03e in 

 niidille; apex of abdomen with a pair of minute contiguous 

 spines. 



llah. (jairns, Queensland {Turner). Hiitish Museum. 

 "Kur., 2. 02, ;{. 02, and 4. 02." 



The tongue fhowsj the same sexual dimorphism as in the 

 other species. 



Meroghssa perkinsi, Ckll. 



cJ . — Length about 7^ mm. 



llesembling the female, except as follows : — Face narrower, 

 the three light bands occupying mucli more space, so that the 

 face below the antentire may be said to be light, with a broad 

 dark band extending from each antenna down the sides (not 

 quite to the apex) of the clypeus ; scape light in front ; 

 tubercles, U{)per border of protliorax narrowly, and a large 

 triangle on each side light ; mesothorax with scarcely visible 

 traces of two pale lines; scutellum and postscutellum each 

 with a conspicuous light band on each side, the scutellar 

 bands also projected forwards as a slight pale lino on poste- 

 rior lateral edge of mesothorax ; a broken light band on 

 pleura, extending backward from tubercles. These light 

 markings are reddish in the specimen described, but appa- 

 rently altered from yellow by cyanide. 



One specimen from Cooktown, Nov. 1002 (Turner). 

 British Museum. 



MeroijJossa varicolor ehoracina, subsp. n. 



(J. — Metallic Prussian green, similar to M. varicolor, but 

 face-marks greatly developed, the face below antenme all 

 light except linear clypeal suture-", and a small triangle below 

 each antennal socket ; supraelypeal mark extending as a 

 band up to middle ocellus; abroad light stripe along posterior 

 oibital margins ; tubercles, a square spot behind, and a small 

 spot below light, as also upper border of protliorax ; scutellum 

 with a broad light stripe on each side, and a fine line, inter- 

 rupted in middle, along hind margin ; postscutellum light, 

 with a bread basal green triangle. VV'^ings dusky. The 

 last three ventral segments have erect dark fuscous hair. 



Huh. Cape York, May 1902 (Turner). British Museum. 



M. varicolor from Mackay, Doc. 1000 (Turner), J*, has 

 the scape white in front (it is dark in ^ reginai um) and head 

 and thorax with much rose-pniple colour. 



