Records "f Bees. 529 



Abdomen shovt-l-sbaped, tl>e haii-bftuds 



wliite 11. 



11. Larg>.-r ; length iibout 13 luiu. ; bind spuid 



black M. Waterhounei, Ckll. 



Smaller; length about 10 mm ; hiudapuri 



red J/, quiiiquelincittti, Ckll. 



Mnhs. 

 II end and thorax black ; abdomen briglit 



red, the colour not due to tomentum : 



size small ^I- ajduiiiiii<i/i.i, ^m. 



Head and thorax black ; abdomen (except 



for the hair or tomentum) black or 



almost 1. 



1. Abdomen bright red, fr.jm a cjvering of 



to i.entum M. mystacca, Fubr. 



Abdouien not so 2. 



2. Anterior tarsi flattened and peculiarly 



coloured 3. 



Anterior tarsi ordinary 0. 



3. Size small: upper suit'ace of anterior Uirsi 



white striped witli black ; la-^t two abdo- 

 minal si'^aueiu.s with oran;^e tomentum . M. niyruvittata, Ckll. 

 Lar^'er, lU or 1 1 mm. long 4. 



4. Upper surface of anterior tarsi without 



black marking.s; anterior femora and 



tibi.e mainly red o. 



Upper surface of anterior tarsi with a con- 

 spicuous black spot on second joint; 



anterior femora red M. darwiniana, G'.dl. 



6. Fifth abdominal segment w.th conspicuous 

 erect black bristlea; outer edge of ante- 

 rior tibite (except at enl.sj straight .... M. cygnorum, Ckll. 

 Fifth abdominal segment without black 

 bristles; outer edge of anterior tibise 

 presenting an ang.e a Utile before the 

 middle M. Gahani, Ckll. 



6. TibiiC and tHr.>i, and greater part of ante- 



rior femora, red M. Kirhyann, Civil. 



Legs black 7. 



7. Smaller: apex of abdomen showing more 



or less red 8. 



Larffer : apex of abdomen not showing 

 red 9. 



8. The red almost confined to penultimate 



segment, and due entirely to tomentum . M. tomenUlla, Ckll. 

 The red including the last two segments, 

 and apical margin of fourth, and not due 

 to tomentum M. rhodura^ Ckll. 



9. Apex of abdomen terminating in a point ; ("idl.» 



antennce short Lithitrgiis titratifunnis, 



Apex of abdomen emargiuate ; antennte 

 long M. Austeni, Ckll. 



* LHhuryux atrafi/ormin, Ckll., has only been described in the f-male. 

 The c< (Queen.^land, (iilbert Turner, .'i04) is like that of Z. atrntua, Sm , 

 but ditlers by having thi hair of the face all white, that of the pleura alt 



Ann. tt- Mag. X. Hint. Ser. 7. To/, xvii. 3tJ 



