Records of Bees. 227 



Ilnb. :\[clbounio, Victoria, Aug. 1000 (C. F., Turuer 

 collection). British Museum. 



In the table in Trans. Aracr. Ent. Soc. 1910, p. 213, this 

 runs nearest to P.frogtjatti, of which only the male is known. 

 It can hardly be that species, howev^er, on account of the 

 weakened outer ncrvures. In the table of SmitVs species 

 it runs nearest to P. tilachns, Sm., but that has the thorax 

 coarsely punctured, the abdomen black apically, &c. 



Parasphecodes hybodinus, sp. n. 



(J. — Length about 10 mm. 



Robust for a male; head, thorax, legs, and antcnnre 

 black, the tarsi very dark brownish ; clypeus with a large 

 transverse pale yellow patch, having a triangular median 

 tooth-like projection, and smaller lateral ones, the outline 

 not unlike that of a Hybodus tooth ; hair of head and thorax 

 entirely white, the same colour above as below ; mandibles 

 black; clypeus shining, with large punctures; front dull; 

 mesothorax and scutellum closely, rather strongly punc- 

 tured ; area of metathorax well-defined, longitudinally 

 plicate ; posterior truncation hardly or not defined laterally, 

 its surface hairy ; tegulse large, punctured, dark basally, 

 otlierwise light rufous. Wings long, dusky translucent, 

 somewhat reddish; stigma and nervurcs dark ferruginous ; 

 first r. n. meeting second t.-c. ; outer nervures hardly 

 weakened ; b. n. strongly arched, meeting t.-m., but on outer 

 (apiead) side. Abdomen shining, very distinctly punctured, 

 first three segments (except apex of third) bright chestnut- 

 red, beyond this the segments are black, with the hind 

 mai'gins dark brown. The anterior knees arc red. 



Hub. Windsor, Victoria, 1909 {French), Froggatt col- 

 lection, no. 98. 



In the table of Smithes species this runs to P. hilactus, 

 Sm., differing at once by the dark legs. In the table in 

 Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. it runs near P. froggaiti, differing by the 

 darker legs, ferruginous stigma, &c., and P. vu/neratus, 

 which is smaller, with more finely punctured thorax. 



Parasphecodes recantans, sp. n. 



(J . — Length 8 ram. or a little less. 



Kather slender ; head and thorax black, with quite 

 abundant greyish-white hair, the same colour above as below ; 

 autennai very long, black, the flagelluni obscurely broAvnish 

 beneath ; clypeus with about the apical half and a median 

 upAvardly directed lobe light yellow ; labrum ferruginous ; 



