224 Descriptions and Records of Bees. 



Allied to B. tunicatus, Smith, but the black bands on 

 thorax and abdomen are broader, and the last abdominal 

 segment has black liair instead of red. The upper level of 

 the black of the abdomen, which in tunicatus is straight, in 

 ijilgitensis is strongly concave. The apical segment in gilgit- 

 ensis is bare above, minutely roughened but not noticeably 

 punctate, not carinate ; at the sides the segment is densely 

 covered with brown-black tomentum. The wings are not so 

 dark as those of B. orientalis, Smith. 



Xylocopa varipuncta, Patton. 



Texas, no. 1977, S • (Colorado Agricultural College 

 Collection.) New to Texas. 



Xylocopa bryorum (Fabr.), subsp. dimidiata (Lep.). 



Six ? s, Queensland {£. 5^a«/ic^er5) ; Condillacl., W. Aus- 

 tralia ; Port Darwin. One cJ , Queensland [E. Saunders). 

 The male is a little over 21 mm. long, and the middle tibiae 

 and tarsi are without dark hair. The female is of the same 

 size ; the yellow pubescence spreads on to the occiput and 

 the upper part of the pleura, but not at all on to the basal 

 segment of the abdomen. This insect appears to be inter- 

 mediate between X. hryorum and X. (sstuans, as defined by 

 Bingham ; it is probable that it should be recognized as a 

 subspecies, in which case the name dimidiata, Lep., is 

 apparently available. 



Lestis cerata, Smith. 



3 cJ s, Queensland {E. Saunders) ; Sydney. 7 ? s, Queens- 

 land {E. Saunders) ; N. S. Wales. 



Synhalonia lippia (Ckll.). 



Synhalonia creimlaticornis, subsp. lippias, Ckll., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 July 1904, p. 25. 



A female collected by Prof. Townseud at the same time 

 and place as the original males shows that lippia is a distinct 

 species. Compared with $ crenulaticurnis it is larger (about 

 12 mm. long), with much longer and ampler wing-, which 

 are not quite so dark, and the pubescence of the thorax above is 

 white with a very faint yellowish tinge, becoming pronounced 

 on scutellum, but with no fuscous or black, Avhereas crenu- 

 latico7'nis shows much dark fuscous hair on mesothorax and 

 scutellum. The abdomen also has more white tomentum, 

 covering the base of the second and third segments, while 



