the Apidse in the British Mu 



15. f Disc of mesouotum with spots of oclira- 

 ' ceous pubescence. (W.Australia.).. 



Disc of mesonotum not so spotted. 

 (Champion Bay.) 



16. TAll the abd. tergites black, with narrow 



477 



J 



macular is, D. T. 

 {maculata, Sm.) 



australasice, D. T, 

 {imitata, Sm.) 



apical fascias. L. 10 mm. (Hunter 

 and 6 otherwise 



17. 



18. 



River.) 

 Abd. tergite 6 or 



coloured 



Abd. tergite 6 laterally fen-uginous ; a 



small insect. L. 8 mm. (Adelaide.) 



Larger insects. L. 11 iijm 



Abd. tergite 6 with a short 



pilosity. (Tasmania.) .... 

 Abd. tergites 5 (apically) and 6 with pale 



fulvous pilosity. (Australia.) 



6 6. 



gnseous 



simplex. 



17. 



apicata, 

 18. 



ordinaria, 



mod est a. 



i 



1. (Anterior tarsi dilated, anterior coxfe 



J armed with spines 2. 



j Anterior tarsi simple, anterior coxae un- 

 ( armed 3. 



2. fFace covered with fulvous pubescence ; 



abd. tergite 6 black. L. 13 mm. 



I (" New Holland."') latipes 



<{ Face covered with white pubescence ; 

 abd. tergite o with a patch of ferru- 

 ginous pubescence. L. 11mm. (Swan 



^ Eiver.) /ero.r, 



''Abd. tergite f? entire, not emarginate ; 



face with white pubescence 4. 



A-bd. tergite 6 notched ; face with yellow 

 or fulvous pubescence ; abdomen 

 I black, with white or white and ferru- 

 le ginous pubescence 5. 



f Abd. tergite 6 bluntly rounded ; abdo- 

 I men black, with white pubescence 

 I basally; tergite 5 with a patch of 

 J ferruginous pubesceuce. L. 9 mm. 



(W. Australia.) 



Abd. tergite 6 truncate ; abdomen wholly 

 ferruginous. L. 8 mm. (Macintyre 



River.) 



5. [Abdomen black, with white pubes- 

 I cence basally ; tergites 4 (apically) and 

 I 5 or o and 6 ferruginous ; abdomen 



•{ not coarsely punctured 6. 



I Abdomen black, with white pubescence 

 j basally ; apical tergites black ; abdo- 



1 men coarsely punctured 7. 



^Tergite 6 deeply notched, tergites 5 and 

 6 ferruginous, L. 14 mm. ("New 



Holland.") 



Tergite 6 faintly notched ; an apical 

 j fascia on tergite 4 and tergite 5 for 

 I the most part ferruginous. L. 11 mm. 

 (_ (W.Australia.) 



Vol. X. 



canifrons. 



ahdomiiialis. 



ignita. 



Ann. dc Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 



•ythropyga. 

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