Records of Bees. 299 



Parasphecodes Tepperi, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 9 mm. 



Not so robust as the last species, the abdomen being 

 noticeably narrower. The following differences are also 

 apparent on comparison : — Head shorter ; clypeus with the 

 punctures hardly so strong ; flagellum pallid beneath except 

 at base ; tegulse light rufo-fulvous ; scutellum without a 

 light patch ; area of metathorax rather coarsely longitudi- 

 nally wrinkled all over; stigma and nervures dark reddish ; 

 second s.m. nearly square ; abdomen rather more shiny, 

 entirely red, the apex faintly blackish ; venter also red ; legs 

 black. 



Hab. Adelaide, Australia ; 53. 56. Another is marked 

 simply '' Australia /■* 



Runs in my table to P. lacthius, Sm., but that has 

 rufo-testaceous legs and the fourth abdominal segment 

 fuscous. The names of this and the last species are given 

 in recognition of the Avork of two well-known Australian 

 entomologists. 



Sphecodes tusmanice, sp. n. 



c^ . — Length about 5.\ mm. 



Head and thorax black ; head broad, facial quadrangle 

 broader than long ; face with yellowish pubescence ; mandi- 

 bles simplCj black basally, pale yellowish in the middle, 

 ferruginous at tips ; front and vertex dull, minutely 

 roughened; antennte long, entirely black, scape long, joint 3 

 a trifle longer than 4, 5 about as long as 3 and 4 together, 

 flagellar joints very distinct; mesothorax and scutellum nude 

 except for a few pale fulvous hairs (mainly on scutellum), 

 smooth and shining, with scattered inconspicuous very 

 minute punctures, only visible with a good lens ; sides of 

 thorax with a very ihin griseous or whitish pubescence ; area 

 of metathorax large, semilunar, dull, with extremely fine 

 thread-like longitudinal strise ; tegulae shining reddish, 

 marked with darker. Wings clear, strongly iridescent ; 

 stigma large, it and the nervures rufous ; first s.m. much 

 longer than the other two united ; second very narrow, much 

 higher than broad, narrowed above, receiving the first r. n. at 

 its middle ; third higher than broad, but larger than second ; 

 second r. n. and third t.-c. weakened, and lower boundary of 

 third s.m. almost obsolete. Legs bright ferruginous, the 

 coxffi, trochanters, and basal half or more of femora black ; 

 outer edge of hind tibiae and the last two joints of their tarsi 

 darkened ; abdomen shining, quite without hair-bands, black 



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