Records of Bees. 1G5 



keel on tlie base of the metatliorax as the male, but the 

 inesothorax is more coarsely punctured, and they are of 

 course larger and more robust. There is no sujn'aclypeal 

 mark. I should have referred both sexes of 1047 to rotuudi- 

 cepx, had I not seen both sexes of rotundicepSj with a quite 

 ditFiTeiit male, from New South Wales. The type locality 

 of n tundiceps is Melbourne, and it was to be expected that 

 the Mackay insect would differ. The Mackay females were 

 not taken with the male, and may not belong to it ; their 

 status must for the present remain somewhat doubtful. 



Prosopis chrysognatha, Ckll. 



? .—Sydney, New South Wales, Nov. 1905 [Turner). 

 British Museum. 



This agrees with Smith's description of P. similUma, 

 except that the first r. n. practically meets the first t.-c. The 

 male of chrysognatha is readily separated from simillima. 



Prosopis cyaneomicans, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 6 mm. 



Slender, head and thorax black, abdomen brilliant shining 

 blue ; head ordinary, but wholly without jjale markings ; 

 clypeus striatulate and punctured; front shining, well punc- 

 tured ; flagellum light ferruginous beneath, dusky ferruginous 

 above ; mesothorax and scutellum shining, with strong well- 

 separated punctures; metatliorax large and prominent, the 

 basal area transversely striate ; tubercles witii a white spot, 

 but thorax w^ith no other light markings ; tcguhe shining 

 piceous. Wings clear ; nervures and stigma dark reddish 

 brown, first r. n. meeting first t.-c. Legs black, iiind tibiai 

 white at extreme base. Abdomen little sculptured, the basal 

 segment especially smooth and shining, apical part with 

 black hair. In the table this runs to 12, and falls nearest to 

 P. cyanophila, differing greatly by the shining and brilliantly 

 coloured abdomen. It is not unlikely that when the male is 

 discovered it will be seen to be a Meroglossa. 



Hah. Mackay, Queensland, at flowers of Cassia^ Dec. 

 ISyj ; also at flowers of Rosa, 1900, and one Jan. 1001 

 [Turner 710). liritish Museum. 



Prosopis cenibera, sp. n. [lateralis^ subsp. ?). 



? . — Appearance of P. latiralis, Smith, tor which I had 

 taken it, but it differs in the foriu of the metatliorax, the area 

 being well defined and boat-shaped, its surface dull with a 



