liecorJs of Bees. 225 



Huh. Svdncv, New South Wales, at flowers of AngophorUj 

 Pec. 1, 1910 (Fro(jgatt, UG). 



Resembles E. frogyatti in its small size and dark face ; 

 E. Ijolanica, Ckll., iu its small size and black abdomen. 



Trigona angnphone, sp. n. 



Worker. — Length about -Ij mm. 



Intense black, without light markings ; flagellura ferrugi- 

 nous beneath ; labrum and mandibles black, the latter 

 reddened at apex, which has a very Ijroad cutting-edge, and 

 mesad of this two small but strong triangular teeth^ being 

 thus essentially tridcntatc ; antennal sockets and extreme 

 base of scape testaceous ; fi^ce with a very fine pale 

 pruinosity due to minute hairs; pleura with greyish-white 

 iiair; mesothorax and scutellum shining, with rather coarse 

 erect black hair. Wings blackisli translucent, with dark 

 ^stigma and nervures. Abdomen short and broadj shining. 

 Legs with black hair. 



Hub. Sydney, New South Wales, at flowers of Ango- 

 phorn, Dec. 1, 1910 [Froggatt, 118). 



Related to T. biroi, Friese, but larger. It is distinguished 

 from T. carbonaria, Sm., by the blackish wings, the face 

 narrower below, &c. In typical carbonaria the scutellum 

 is fringed with pale pubescence, but, unless I have confused 

 two species under this name, this character is not constant. 



Parasphecodes, Smith. 



The species now described may be separated as follows : — 



Thorax above with fulvous moss-like hair, hryotrichus, Ckll. 

 Thorax above without such hair 1. 



1. Sides of metatlioracic truncation above 



with a tooth-like projection microdontns, Ckll. 



Sides of truncation without such a pro- 

 jection 2. 



2. Males ; abdomen black beyond the third 



segment 3. 



Females ; abdomen with the apical part 

 red or reddish 4. 



3. Larger; mesothorax rather coarsely punc- 



tured ; area of metathorax plicate .... hybodinus, Ckll. 

 Smaller ; mesothorax \exj minutely punc- 

 tured ; area of metathorax reticulate . . recantans, Ckll. 



4. Smaller: tegula) rufo-fuscous speculfferus, Ckll. 



Larger ; tegula> piceous speculiferiis, Ckll., var. a, 



Parasphecodes hryotrichus, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 8i mm. 

 Head and thorax black ; abdomen pale red, the last 



