Records of Bees. 2 1 9 



with black hair ; thorax with blue or grccnish-blue patches 

 as follows : a very large one on upper and a small trans- 

 verse one on lower part of pleura ; a transverse one on each 

 side of prothorax above, joining one on contiguous part of 

 mesothoraxj an elongate one on anterior middle, a round 

 one on each side, and an axe-shaped one at each hind corner 

 of mesothorax ; a speck on each axilla ; two spots on 

 scutellum ; interrupted bright blue bands on abdominal 

 segments 1 to 5, that on 1 as already indicated; venter of 

 abdomen entirely black, strongly punctate; apex truncate, 

 faintly subemarginate ; tibise largely blue on outer side ; 

 tegulse black, very densely punctured ; wings fuliginous, 

 with a violet lustre. 



Hah. Ternate ; with numbers 62G3 and 92-44. 



Named after Dr. A. R. Wallace. In British ]\Iuseum 

 Collection. It has a strong su[erficial resemblance to 

 C. ccei'uleifrons. 



Crocisa lamprosoma, Boisd. 

 Queensland {K. Saunders); three. 



Crocisa caruleifrons, W. F. Kirby. 



Friese makes this a synonym of C. quartina, Gribodo, but 

 Mr. Kirby 's name appears to have priority. It is recorded 

 from Timor Laut and Celebes ; the Australian specimens 

 before me appear to be certainly the same species, but they 

 offer varietal or racial characters : — 



Var. a. — A little larger ; thoracic spots well-defined ; hair 

 of middle of occiput black, with white on each side ; 

 apex of male abdomen more narrowly truncate. 

 Queensland {E. Saunders), 2 9 , I S • 



Var. yS. Darwini. — Smaller, not over 9 mm. long ; thoracic 

 spots greenish and less defined, confluent on anterior 

 part of mesothorax in $ ; occiput with a complete 

 conspicuous fringe of white hair ; apex of male abdomen 

 more broadly truncate, the truncation concave ; wings 

 rather paler. The scutellum and tarsi are without 

 blue. Port Darwin, N. Australia, no. 90-126; cue of 

 each sex. 



Crocisa tincta, sp. n. 



? , — Length about 15 mm. 



With the abdomen rather long and acuminate; upper 

 wings dark fuscous, lower hyaline; light spots consisting of 



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