Records of Bees. 469 



dark brown with the base broadly white ; tarsi yellowish 

 white, the hind tarsi fuscous beyond the first joint ; abdomen 

 narrow^ the punctures so fine as to be hardly visible with a 

 lens. 



Hab. Queensland [Gilbert Turner, Ridg. 10. 91, 708). 



Prosopis coronata, sp. n. 



^ . — Similar to P. constricta, but differing thus : clypeus 

 and lateral face-marks white, suffused with light red ; clypeus 

 hardly constricted by the black spots, which are minute ; 

 supraclypeal mark present, large, nearly all light red, 

 tridentate above, having the appearance of a crown ; antennpe 

 entirely clear red, the flagellum scarcely darkened above, 

 the last joint not so pointed ; collar and tubercles entirely 

 black ; tegulse fuscous, without a white spot ; area of meta- 

 thorax without a median keel, but with strong, oblique, 

 lateral keels ; middle tibise not light in front, except at apex ; 

 hind tibiae without any distinct white base ; abdomen broader, 

 entirely clear bright red. 



Hab. Queensland {Gilbert Turner, Ridg. 11. 91, 707). 



Prosopis subplebeia, sp. n. 



^ . — Similar to P. coronata, but differing thus : no supra- 

 clypeal mark ; clypeus without red, except a little well-defiued 

 patch on each side ; lateral marks grey ; scape with a cream- 

 coloured patch in front ; collar with a yellowish streak on 

 each side, and a small light mark on tubercles ; tegulse with 

 a whitish spot ; area of metathorax more regularly sculptured, 

 the fine lateral keels numerous and regular, and the median 

 area well ridged ; apex of abdomen somewhat infuscated. 



This species is curiously intermediate between coronata and 

 constricta, but nearest to the former, and apparently distinct. 



Hab. Queemland {Gilbert Turner, Ridg. 11. 91," 707). 



The collector apparently regarded this and the last as one 

 species, as he gave them the same number; but the absence 

 of a supraclypeal mark and decidedly different sculpture of 

 the metathorax seem to indicate a different species. 



Prosopis percrassa, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 12 mm. 



Robust, black, strongly punctured ; clypeus striato- 

 punctate, with a short groove on each side ; no light 

 face marks, except a dark red spot between the antennae ; 



