llymenopiera of the AustraUan Bey'ion. 113 



ftrrnginoiTS beneath, iufascated above. Teguhe pale, yel- 

 lowish, with a dark spot. Front legs clear, pale yellowish 

 brown, middle ones more brightly yellow^, the femora with 

 a small dark mark behind, the tibije with a rather larger one. 

 Hind femora black, tibi;e yellow on the basal portion; the 

 rest of the tibire and tarsi having been broken off their 

 colonr is nncertain. 



Head large, snbqnadrate on the vertex, sides of face 

 evidently punctured, the face shining, strongly and evenly 

 convex in profile, above the antennse much duller and very 

 densely punctate, vertex smooth and shining between the 

 ocelli and externally to there. Antenniie long, the scape 

 elongate, nearly parallel-sided, distinctly, but not strongly, 

 arched beneath ; second joint nearly globular ; third very 

 small, transverse ; fourth elongate, twice or more than twice 

 as long as the third ; the following joints all elongate and 

 becoming thicker towards the apex of the antenna. Meso- 

 notum shining, with distinct punctures, inclining to rugu- 

 losity ; scutellum also shining, sparsely punctured ; post- 

 scutclhim very dull. Propodeum seen from above with 

 excessively long dorsal face, as long as the scutellum and 

 postscutellum together, very dull, with extremely dense and 

 minute granular appearance, the brow and posterior face 

 smooth and shining, the latter with a great and deep median 

 fovea. Abdomen clavate, third segment twice as wide as 

 the first, pitchy brown on the first tw^o segments, beneath 

 and towards the apex with very scanty, longish, erect, white 

 hairs, which are quite conspicuous. The surface is shining, 

 for the most part without definite sculpture, "with feeble, 

 shallow punctures on the more apical, piligerous segments. 

 S . Length 3 mm. 

 Hab. Buudaberg, Queensland, in June. 



EuRYGLOssiNA, Cockercll. 



Euryglossina cockerelli, sp. n. 



Black, the apical part of the mandibles and labrum more 

 or less reddish ; clypeus and plate above it black ; anteume 

 pale beneath, fuscous above, tubercles and a spot on the 

 tegulse bright yellow. Front femora black, the tips as well 

 as the tibiae and tarsi yellow. Middle and hind legs pale, 

 but not of the bright colour of the front ones, the femora 

 dark in front and behind, and the tibiae infuscate above. 

 Abdomen dark brown or pitchy with a purplish lustre, the 

 pleura and ventral surface as well as the extreme apex 



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