20 ]\Ir. T. D. A. (Cockerel! — T)escriptions and 



sliiny, tlic upper rotiglily sculptured, with fine trausvcrse 

 lines ill the middle, but no trausvcrse keel ; leys dark, witii 

 light hair; anterior tibiae with a peculiar elongate, shining, 

 bright ferruginous mark near the i)ase in front ; hind tibi;e 

 with the hair all light, except a dark stain going part way 

 down tiie outer edge ; tegulie piccous. Wings hya'inc or 

 Acry faintly dusky ; stigma and ncrvurcs black, stigma 

 small; b. n. meeting t.-m. on the outer side; first s.m. 

 rather longer than tlic other two combined; second s.m. 

 rather large, receiving the first r. n. a short distance from its 

 bi ginning; third s.m. receiving second r. n. a short distance 

 from its end ; hind margin of first abdominal segment 

 obscurely rcd(li.-<h ; hind s[)ur of hind tibia finely pectinate. 



J/ab. U'estcrn Australia, (J8.G. 



jNot very close to any species. 



ParacoUeles subfuscus, sp. n. 



S • — Length about 13 ram. 



Black, hairy, looking like a large Culletes, such as C. cuni- 

 cidarius (L.). Hair of head and thorax abundant, greyish 

 white (a sort of very pale mouse-colour), but darker on the 

 vertex, and strongly greyish fuscous all over the mesothorax ; 

 face densely covei'cd with hair ; facial quadrangle much 

 longer than broad ; no malar space ; mandibles bluntly 

 ])identatc, black, with a dark red subapical spot ; antennae 

 long, black, the flagellum brownish beneath, with some rerl 

 on the underside of the last two or three segments ; disk of 

 mesothorax shining, with sparse punctures ; area of meta- 

 thorax smooth and very shiny, with no impressed longitu- 

 dinal line or transverse keel. Legs rather dark ferruginous, 

 covered with pale hair; the femora blackish ; the hind tibite 

 quite bright red in front ; spurs ferruginous ; tegulie rufous. 

 AVings hyaline, nearly clear; stigma and nervures dark 

 reddish; stigma so small as to be practically obsolete; 

 Avings hairy ; b. n. meeting t.-m. on the outer side ; second 

 s.m. very broad, oblique, not narrowed al)ove, receiving the 

 first r. n. at its middle ; third s.m. receiving the second r. ii. 

 at its end. Abdomen subconical, shining but punctured, 

 each segment having a broad, subapical, reddish band, upon 

 which is a thin band of quite long, closely apprcssed, pallid 

 hairs, which shine golden in some lights, the whole effect 

 closely resembling the abdomen of some forms of the honey- 

 bee ; last segment with a bright ferruginous subapical spot, 

 and on each side of this some short black hair ; venter 

 normal; the last segment with a faint median ridge. 

 liab. Adelaide, Australia, G3.82. 



