4Q6 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions arid 



tarsi dull red, as also are the anterior tibise, and an apical 

 patch on the middle and hind ones ; face narrow, the orbits 

 converging below ; an elongated depression at each side of 

 the antcnnse; clypciis with a very broad cream-coloured 

 band, broadest above, with a sudden enlargement something 

 like the head of a nail ; mcsothorax smooth and shining ; 

 tegulse margined with reddish. Wings dull hyaline, 

 iridescent ; stigma and nervurcs very dark brown. The 

 tubercles are cream-coloured. 



Hah. Botany, New South Wales, 12. 10. 1893 {IV. W. 

 Froygatt, 192).' 



Exoneura hamulata, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 6§ mm. 



Head and thorax shining black ; abdomen chestnut-red 

 (a rather darker shade than that of bicolor), the first two 

 segments each with a large black discal patcli ; legs red, the 

 coxse, trochanters, and greater part of the femora black ; hind 

 tibiae and tarsi with coarse abundant reddish bristles, rufo- 

 fuscous on the outer side. Head large, face broad, clypeal 

 cream-coloured band suddenly broadened above, with a sharp 

 ]iook on each side. Wings yellowish; stigma and nervures 

 dark ferruginoiis, the stigma varying to lighter. The 

 apical part of the abdomen is roughened, as usual in the 

 genus. 



Hab. Moss Eay, Australia, 13. 12. 1893 ( W. W. Froggatt). 

 Two specimens. 



Exoneura tau, sp. n. 



Similar to E. hamulata, but smaller (length of anterior 

 wing 4 mm.) ; second submarginal cell much smaller ; clypeal 

 stripe narrow, with a short cross-bar at the top, which is not 

 at all hooked ; tubercles yellow. By the light tubercles it 

 resembles only E. botanica, but that has a black abdomen, dark 

 stigma, and the clypeal stripe very much broader. E. Frog- 

 gattii has the comparatively small second submarginal cell, 

 but that is a much smaller insect. 



Hab. Moss Bay, Australia, 13. 12. 1893 [W. W. Froggatt). 

 It bears the collector's number 177. 



Unfortunately the single example had the abdomen broken 

 off in transit, and the two basal segments are missing. 



Apis mellifera, L. 



Pertli, W. Australia {H. W. J. Turner) ; Hobart, Tasmania 

 (J. J. Walker, 3210). 



