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larger than second. Small joints of tarsi becoming fenu- 

 giniius ; Hpurs yellowisli white. Abdomen broad for a male, 

 (juite liaiiy, the hiteral bases of second and third segments 

 wiih densi r 1 aii, making rather inconspicuous jiatches ; 

 surface shining, with very fine clof^e punctuics, about the 

 same on first two segments, but becoming weaker beyond ; 

 hind margins of segments slightly riddish pallescent. 



Hub. Adelaide, Australia (5t7io/«6u/-_(/^). Berlin ^lusun. 



Ilalictus chapmanif ^^. n. 



$ . — Length about 7 mm. 



Very close to //. reprcvsentans^ Sm., but smaller. Smitli 

 compares repraseutaus with the European leucozonius ; the 

 present species, compared with leucozonius, is much smaller, 

 with narrower (instead of broader) second s.m., third t.-c. 

 and second r. n. much weakened, c]}'|)eus less produced, 

 niesothorax more finely punctured, hind spur with a big trun- 

 cate subbaeal tooth, and a long low lamina beyond (with a 

 series of nodules in leucozonius), &c. In size and general 

 appearance //. cinipmani resembles not leucozonius, but 

 lineolatus, Lcp. The sculpture is essentially as in reprce- 

 .'■entans. Black, the abdomejj shining, the hind margins of 

 the segments broadly very dark reddish; iiair of head and 

 thorax rather dull white, not at all fulvous or ochraceous; 

 mandibles chestnut-ied, black at base; clypeus broad, very 

 shiny, with large well-sej)arated punctures; front dull and 

 granular, but under the microscope more shining, with minute 

 punctuies between longitudinal ridges; flagellum dark 

 brown beneath, redder apically; niesothorax and scutellum 

 shining, but quite closely punctured, anteriorly on nieso- 

 thorax ridges are developed like those on front, only trans- 

 verse ; arta of nietathorax semilunar, Mith fine longitudinal 

 ridges, more or less irregular and connected by cross-iiJges ; 

 posterior truncation f-harjjly defined at sides; pleura with 

 much white hair; tegular shining rufo-piceous. Wings very 

 faintly dusky, nervures and stigma reddish sepia; b. n. very 

 nearly reaching t.-m. ; second s.m. receiving first r. n. before 

 end; third s.m. considerably larger than second, tiiird r.-c. 

 with oidy a single curve. Legs very dark reddish biown, 

 with white hair; abdomen broad, rather hairy, except middle 

 of first three segments, the first two segments finely punc- 

 tured, shining ; base of second segment with a white hair- 

 1)atch on each side, third and fourth with thin indistinct basal 

 laii-bands; seconil ventral segment pollen-collecting. 

 //((/>. We.>^tein Australia [Prcifs). Berlin JMuscum, 2504. 



