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ParufuUelc'S rudis, sp. n. 



$ . — Loiifjth 10 mill, or a little less. 



Black, with till* <;em:ral Unxw and appearance of /*. JVors- 

 foldi, the only conspicuous (liffcnncc being in the lack of 

 abdominal bands. Upon more minute examination rnanv 

 differences apj)ear, namely: the mesothorax and scutelluin 

 are entirely dull and granular, Mith a honeycomb-like 

 surface as seen with the compound microscope [P. Worsfoldi 

 under the compound microscope shows a minutely tessellate 

 surface, like a mosaic pavement, with conspicuous punctures 

 as well) ; the abdomen is (luUcr, with the hind margins of 

 the segments obscurely reddish, those of the third and fourth 

 segments also with fine ajipressed pale golden hairs, not dense 

 enough to form distinct bands; the teguhe are piceous; the 

 hair of the hind tibiie is entirely sordid white, except a 

 blacki-h suff'usion extending downwards from the knee-|)late ; 

 the palpi are rufo-fuscous. Anteniuc ferruginous at tij) ; 

 1). n. meeting t.-c. ; second s.m. broad, receiving the first 

 r. u. a little before its middle ; third s.m, receiving the 

 second r. n. almost as far from its end as the first r. n. is 

 from the first t.-c. ; area of mctathorax granular, without a 

 transverse keel or longitudinal impressed line ; clypcus as 

 densely punctured as is possible. 



Hub. Swan River, Australia, 09.50. 



Easily known from P. obscurus by the dull mesothorax. 



Paraculletes perfasciatus, sp. n, 



$ . — Length nearly 12 mm. 



Black : tlie abdomen narrow, dc[)rcsscd, very shiny, with 

 broad, entijc, sordid white hair-bands covering the broadly 

 depressed hind margins of segments 2 to 4, and one also at 

 the base ol' 2 ; fifth segment covered with coarse black hair, 

 except at the extreme sides, where it is w hite. Head broad ; 

 facial (piadrangle very much broader than long; mandibles 

 bioad, black, dark ferruginous at apex, obscurely bidentate; 

 anteun;e black, with the Hagellum colfee-brown beneath, the 

 apical joint redder; a short but distinct malar space, shining 

 and punctured; clypcus shining, coarsely punctured ; front 

 shining and punctured at sides, dull and coarsely rugulose in 

 middle; face with much white hair; hair of thorax mainly 

 pale, but [U'obably some black above as also on vertex (the 

 pubescence is largely spoiled by wetting) ; mesothorax very 

 shiny, with strong irregularly placed punctures; seutellnm 

 densely |)unctured : :iir;i ni' imi.itliorax with the lower part 



