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laforal face-marks rumiiii;^ aIon«^ tin; orbits and ending a 

 little below level of antennie. Antennai entirely bright 

 ferruginous, .short, i\u\ Hagidluin thick, its middle joints much 

 wider than long; kn<'cs, tibiu% and tarsi red, the middle 

 tibiae with a blackish cloud on outer aide ; area of mctathorax 

 coarsely irregularly cancellate; thorax without light markings. 

 In the table this runs straight to P. sub/Ucbeia male. 



Ptosopis philolencny sp. n. 



? . — Length about 4 mm. 



A short robust species like P. amicuh'forinis^ hut smaller, 

 and with the light markings all white — namely, broad-triangu- 

 lar lateral face-marks (ending in a jn^iiit on orbit a little 

 above antenna;, the upper inner side of the triangle a little 

 longer than the lower inner), tubercles, a narrow interrupted 

 line on upper border of prothorax, and a basal spot on each 

 tibia, that on hind tibia involving the basal two-fifths; 

 flagellum thick, ferruginous beneath ; front and mesothorax 

 extremely minutely punctured ; area of metathorax shining, 

 sculptured at extreme base ; tegulaj very dark brown. 

 Wings clear ; second submarginal cell receiving both re- 

 current nervures. Abdomen subglobose. Runs in the table 

 to 35, and runs out because clypeus is black and face-marks 

 are white. 



I lab. Mackay, Queen.sland, May 1900 (Turner). British 

 Museum. 



Prosopis nigrifrons^ Smith, var. a. 



$ . — Length fully 10 mm. 



Front closely punctured but shining; area of metathorax 

 elevated, granular, not strigose ; first r. n. joining secoml 

 s.m. more than a third from base, the distance being equal to 

 about four-fifths length of first t.-c. ; margins of abdominal 

 segments black. 



Ilab. Victoria (C F.). Turner Collection, British 

 Museum. 



Prosopis itamuca, sp, n. 



? . — Lengtlj about 10 mm. 



Li nearly all respects agreeing wit!i P. uijn'frons, var. a 

 (a noteworthy little feature common to both is a red spot at 

 the base of the scape), but differing thus : light markings of 

 thorax (tubercles, large patch behind, scutellum, and post- 

 scutellum) brilliant chrome-yellow or orange (lemon-yellow 



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