304 Mr. T. D. A. GockercU — Descriptions and 



Mr. Saunders did not collect tliera, but only presented 

 them to the Museum *. 



Nomia tenuihirta, CkW. 



Both sexes were taken in Queensland bv Gilbert Turner. 

 The ? is labelled '' Ridg. 4.92 '^ and 869.* It differs from 

 the male by its more robust form, but is in general similar. 

 Both spurs of the hind tibia are strongly curved at the end. 



Nomia Gilberti, sp. n. 



Hab. Queensland {Gilbert Turner)-, no. 869, and labelled 

 " Ridg. 3.92." 



$ . — Length about 8^ mm. 



Black, with white or yellow^ish-white pubescence, and 

 scattered erect black hairs on vertex and occiput ; abdomen 

 in a bright light appearing very dark reddish, and having 

 broad but rather thin white hair-bands on the broadly 

 depressed apical margins of segments 2 to 4, and a patch on 

 each side of the first segment; fringe of fifth segment dark 

 grey or blackish ; anterior spur of hind tibia strongly curved, 

 posterior spur minutely pectinate ; legs black, even to the 

 tarsi, hair on inner side of tarsi black. Mandibles bidentate, 

 largely dark reddish; face broad, with coarse yellowish-white 

 pubescence ; median raised line extending nearly to apex of 

 clypeus, the latter shining, and curiously longitudinally 

 ridged in an irregular way ; antennse entirely dark ; vertex 

 and mesothorax granulo-punctate. Wings faintly dusky, the 

 apex conspicuously smoky ; third submarginal cell much 

 longer than first ; second much higher than broad, but 

 almost or quite parallel-sided, receiving the first recurrent 

 nervure near its end. 



Superficially, this looks exactly like N. tenuihirta, and 

 from the fact that the collector gave both the same number 

 it is probable that he regarded them as the same. They 

 are, however, clearly distinct, and may be sepai*ated as 

 follows : — 



* I learu from Mr. Chas. O. Waterliouse that all .specimens in the 

 Australian Collection labelled 92.44,91.82, 91.155, and 90.126 were 

 collected by J. J- Walker, on the ' Penguin ' Expedition ; all labelled 

 94. til and 93, 49, from Queensland, were collected bv Gilbert Turner ; all 

 labelled 93. 198 bv H. W. J. Turner ; all labelled 85.l08 by F. DuBoulay : 

 all labelled 85. 42 by W. R. Salter ; and 1903. 356 by P. F. Dodd. 



