222 Mr. T. D. A. Coc\ie\G\\—I)escriplwns and 



scutellum with extremely large punctures^ as close as 

 possible on scutellum^ but well separated on middle of 

 mesothorax ; lateral teeth of scutellum well-developed, 

 broad and pointed, not or hardly curved ; sides of meta- 

 thorax, tubercles, and margins of pleura with snow-white 

 hair; cheeks and occiput also with white hair, but vertex 

 bare ; a small white hair-spot on each side of thorax above 

 and behind tegulee, and two short white stripes in scutello- 

 mesotboracic suture ; tegulse black ; wings strongly in- 

 fuscated on apical half, the basal part nearly clear ; hair on 

 inner side of hind tarsi fulvous. Abdomen shining, with 

 strong punctures, quite close at the sides, but widely 

 separated above ; lateral hind margins of the segments with 

 Avhite hair-bands, which are not continued across the disk, 

 though on the ventral surface the bands are entire; last 

 dorsal segment with close minute punctures, strongly keeled 

 for rather more than two thirds of its length, the keel 

 abruptly failing anteriorly, outline of the segment conical, 

 the apex not turned upwards, and falling far short of the 

 apex of the last ventral segment ; last ventral segment 

 acuminato-conical in outline, not greatly narrowed or pro- 

 duced, but conspicuously notched on each side, slightly con- 

 cave beneath ; penultimate ventral segment with the anterior 

 part strongly and closely punctured, the posterior part finely 

 rugose, 



Bab. Queensland; with nos. 320 and 92-16. 



Smith long ago remarked that it was singular that 

 Coelio.rys should be absent from Australia, while Megachile 

 is so abundant. It is therefore of special interest to record 

 two species from that country. "W. A. Schulz has recently 

 described a species (C Weinlandi) from New Guinea; it is 

 considerably larger than C. regina, and the last ventral 

 segment is very slender, hairy at the sides, and not notched. 



C<£lioxys albolineata, sp. n. 



$ . — Length a little over 9 mm. 



Similar to C. regin<s in appearance, but smaller, and 

 difiering as follows : middle of mesothorax shinii g, with 

 sparse small punctures, much smaller than those at the sides ; 

 scutellum flattened and somewhat concave, shining, and with 

 very sparse punctures, the disk nearly impunctate, and the 

 middle hind maigin with a deep rounded notch ; on each side of 

 disk of scutellum, anteriorly, is a rather large oblique patch of 

 -Rhitehair; legs with conspicuous white hair; wings not so 

 daik ; aldomcn with five entire, though narrcw, white hair- 



