J>cscn'j>tions atul I'er.ords of I ices. 2.» 



/'///. 11. P,'ii mil tell t jn-innji.i, Kriu-p. Slutobla-st, X '2'). Fnmi Liiko 



lluro, Cliiitliam l>lati(t. 

 Fit/, lo. Dittt). .Suitoblnst without swim-rinpf, X 20. 

 Fit/. IG. IJiiiniaintorniedia (lliacliA), X So. l-'roin Miiuiiganui, Chatlmm 



IsIuuJ. 

 Fiff. ir. Diilo. X '2'\ 



Fit/. 18. l»itti). Mnmliblos, x 2">0. n x 8"). 

 Fit/. 10 Jiciiiiia bilaminnta (Hiucks), Up rculuin, X 81. D'Urville 



Inland, New Zealand. 

 Fig. 20. Ditto. Mandible, X 85. 

 Fiy. 21. Ditto. ZooH-iiiin, X 2o. 

 Fii/.'J2. JJennia >iiii;/ell niicit (llnsk). Miiidiblo, X 8.'3. Vvom dTiviile 



I-liind. .New Zealand. 

 Fii/. 23. Siii'tti^t iD/ii/.'roxtri.f (.lull.). Apt'iture, with ro.struui bidow, 



X 8o. r'roiu Maunyanui, Chut ham Island. 



Iir. — Descriptions and Rccjrds of Bees. — VII. 

 15y T. D. A. CocKt:Ri:LL, University of Colorado. 



Puracol/etts liobartensis, sp. n. 



$ . — Length 12 mill. 



Biaek, with ])hick. and greyish-wliitc liair. Head broad, 

 faeial (juadrangle very much broader than long; clypeus 

 shining, with strong punctures, not very closely placed; 

 anterior edge of clypeus with a fringe of straw-coloured hair; 

 mandibles black, with a subapical dark reddish band ; an- 

 tcnuie dark, the flagellum whitish pruiiiose except at base; 

 hair ol" middle of face scanty and pale, but at sides, especiallv 

 above, and on vertex it is black ; hair of niesothorax and 

 scutelluius black, and black beneath the wings, but otherwise 

 light; mesothorax impunctate and very shiny in the middle, 

 but otiierwise punctate and duller, quite dull iu fi-ont ; 

 scutcllum shining in the middle, but coarsely scul])turcd 

 along hind inargiu ; pistscutclhiui and area of metathora.v 

 dull, the latter wiih a nicilian impressed line but no trans- 

 virse keel ; pleura dullish, with a subsericcous surface and 

 no distinct punctures ; tcguhe shining black. AVings 

 yellowish hyaline; stigma ferruginous, somewhat light- 

 margined; nervurcs fuscous; b. n. meeting t.-m.; second 

 s.ni. narrowing above, receiving first r. n. at its middle ; 

 third s.m. receiving second r. n, very near its end. Le^s 

 black, with mostly pah; hair, but the dense and abundant 

 scojia on outer side of hind tiljiie is black ; the hind legs 

 carry much light orange pollen. Abdomen pitch-black, 

 dullish, practically nude above, and wholly without hair- 



