Records of Been. 467 



Prosopis. 



The species discussed below may be separated as follows : — 



Abdomen wholly or largely red 1. 



Abdomen black (in one species reddish black) ,. 5. 



Abdomen blue ; size very small 8. 



1. Legs, except coxae, entirely briglit yellow; scutel- 



lum and postscutellum yellow sijdneijana, Ckll. 



Legs not so ; scutellum and postscutellum not 



yellow 2. 



2. Mesothorax and scutellum red lateralis, Smith. 



Mesothorax and scutellum black 3. 



3. Apical half of abdomen dark fuscous constricta, Ckll. 



Apical half of abdomen red like the basal half . . 4 



4. Supraclypeal mark present coronata, Ckll. 



Supraclypeal mark absent suhplebeia, Ckll. 



5. Large and robust, about 12 mm. long ; scutellum 



with a light patch percrassa, Ckll. 



IMuch smaller ; scutellum wholly black 0. 



6. Yellow of prothorax confined to tubercles, face 



yellow nearly up to level of antennae huhartiann, Ckll. 



Yellow of prothorax not confined to tubercles . . 7. 



7. Larger; clypeus black amicnla, Smith, 2 • 



Smaller ; face all yellow below antennae ; abdo- 

 men reddish black primulipicta, Ckll. 



8. Face blue or greenish blue, without light 



markings baudinensis, Ckll. 



Face with cream-coloured lateral marks albonitcns, Ckll, 5 . 



Prosopis alhonitens, Ckll. 



The female is like the male, except for the usual sexual 

 difiFerences. The clypeus is green, and the scape is slender 

 and dark. 



Queensland [Gilbert Turner, Ridg. 11. 93, 712). 



Prosopis amicula, Smith. 



Queensland {Gilbert Ti/m^?-, Ridg. 620). One ?, about 

 6 mm. long. 



The basal area of metathorax is irregularly ridged and 

 bounded by a rim. 



Prosopis lateralis, Smith. 



Queensland [Gilbert Turner, Ridg. 11. 93, 858). 

 $ . — The hind tibia has a creamy- white subbasal annulus. 

 Base of metathorax dull and granular. 



Prosopis sydneynna, sp. n. 



^ . — Length about 6 mm. 



Head and thorax black, with vellow markings ; abdomen 



