Records of Bees. 391 



This insect is intermediate between Euryglossina and 

 l*(tc/ii/prosopis, diftcring in no radieal way from P. jlav'icauda, 

 C'iill , altliougli much smaller and Avith difi'crent details of 

 coloration. The abdomen lias nothing of the purplish lustre 

 of K. semipurpiirea (Ckll.) and E. cockerelli, Perk. 



Euryglossina xanthodonta, sp. n. 



($ . — Length about 3^ mm. 



Bright yellow (altered to red by cyanide in type) and 

 bhick, the black distributed as follows : vertex broadly (but 

 with a square-cornered lobe of yellow in front of middle 

 ocellus), mesothorax except in front broadly and more nar- 

 rowly at sides (in front the yellow sends two large triangular 

 tooth-like lobes into the black), metathorax above, and dorsal 

 surface of abdomen except sides narrowly, declivity of first 

 segment, and two transverse yellow bands, at the bases of the 

 second and third segments ; the face, legs, scutellum, and 

 underside of thorax and abdomen are entirely yellow ; fla- 

 gellum short and thick, the joints broader than long; tegulae 

 hyaline. Wings clear, stigma and nervures red-brown ; b. u. 

 strongly arched, not appearing to reach t.-ra. ; lower side of 

 first s.m. nearly straight ; first r. n. entering apical corner of 

 first s.m , and practically in a straight line with first t.-c, ; 

 second s.m. small and narrow, receiving second r. n. a little 

 before its end ; upper side of second s.m. oblique (approach 

 to Pachyprosopis venation) ; facial fovese long and linear, 

 black, not much curved above, but ending about halfway 

 between eye and lateral ocellus. Claws bidentate. 



Hub. Puruong, near Murray River, S. Australia {S. JV. 

 Fulton). Nat. Mus. Viet. 223. 



Quite unique by the minute size and peculiar coloration. 



Ewyglossina chalcosoma, sp. n. 



? . — Length a little over 3^ mm. 



Head and thorax dark aeneous, very minutely tessellate, 

 the mesothorax with a system of evenly and closely placed 

 microscopical punctures, joined by fine lines (a fine network 

 with punctures where the lines intersect) ; front with slightly 

 crimson tints ; clypeus, supraclypeal area, mandibles (except 

 tips), labrum, tubercles, and legs bright yellow (turned red 

 by cyanide in the specimens described) ; head ordinary, face 

 broad ; flagellum short and thick, light reddish beneath ; 

 tegulae pellucid. Wings clear, nervures and the large stigma 

 dilute reddish sepia ; lower side of first s.m. straight ; first 



