Records of Bees. 161 



fidh. Mackay, Queensland {2\irner). British Museum. 



Two are tVoni Howers of Cassia, Dec. 1891). Four are 

 from Encali/ptiis flowers, also Dec. 1899. Two were col- 

 lected Marcii 1900. 



Prosoi>is niil'Uosell'tj sp. n. 



? . — Lenf^th about 7 mm. 



Superficially like P. .vanthospis^ whU which I had confused 

 it, but easily distinguished by the followin;^ characters : — Face 

 not entirely black, but with three minute yellow marks, a 

 iiarruw cuneiform one on clypous, and a short line alono; each 

 orbital margin at sides of front. Wings considerably larger 

 and longer, with the apical field distinctly dusky ; second 

 submarginal cell considerably larger and longer, receiving 

 the recurrent nervures some distance from its base and apex. 

 Abdomen pure black, distinctly punctured, with tiie apical 

 part more hairy. In the table of Prosopis it runs to -43 if the 

 minute face-markings are overlooked ; otherwise it runs to 

 P. nubilosa, Smith, to which it is evidently closely related, 

 differing in the smaller size, rounder head, larger punctures 

 of mesothorax, &c. 



JJub. Mackay, Queensland, May 1900 (Turner, 692). 

 British ^luseum. 



Another was taken April 1899, at flowers of Xant/torrlioe't. 



Prosopis nuhilosa suhnuhilosa, Ckll. 



This subspecies was described from the female. The male 

 is smaller (size and appearance of ? nubi'losella), with a 

 narrower face, the clypcus creamy-white except a narrow 

 cuneiform black mark on each side, the scape with a white 

 mark in front, and the upper border of prothorax with a very 

 tine interrupted yellow line. This is nearly the same as 

 P. aureomaculata, ('kll., differing by the absence of a supra- 

 clypeal mark and in the venation. The second submarginal 

 ciU receives the recuncnt nervures some distance from apex 

 and base. 



Ifab. Mackay, Queensland, at flowers of Leptospermum, 

 Aug. 1900 {Turner). British Museum. 



Prosopis bicuneata, sp. n, 

 5 . — Length nearly 6 mm. 



Black, the abdomen faintly bluish; face-markin'>-s con- 

 sisting of broad-cuneate bright lemon-yellow lateral marks 

 filling the space between clypeus and eyes, pointed below 

 ratlier obliquely truncate above ; clypeus finely atrial ulate, 

 Ann. li- M<i(j. S, Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. vi. U 



