THE AXXALS 



MAGAZINE OF xNATURAL UISTOKY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 22. OCTOBER 1909. 



XXXVI. — Def^cripti'ons and Record.^ of Been. — XXIF. 

 By T. D. A. CocKEkELL, University of Colorado. 



Hyleoides, Smith. 



This genus has short Prosopiform palpi ; the figure given 

 by Smitli, purporting to represent the mouth-parts, is really 

 taken from an Odynerus. There are in the British Museum 

 Australian species of OJynerua almost exactly resembling 

 Jl'/leotdes concinna and //. zonalis, but unfortunately they 

 have not yet been described. I hope later to figure the 

 mouth-parts of Hyleoides and othfr Australian bees, using 

 material very kindly supplied by Mr. Turner. 



A close scrutiny of the Hyleoides in the British Museum 

 shows that there are five different forms, representing at 

 least three species, as follows : — 



Females. 



Scutellum blftck, without spots concinna (Fabr.). 



Scut«llum conspicuously spotted 1. 



1. Pale markings all dull creamy white; size of 



zonalU (expanse 2') mm.) ; clypeus almost all 



white or with only a white median hand, 



broadened above ; postaoutt-lluni black or with 



a pair of spots; first abdnminid sesrment with 



an apical wiiito hand, broadened laterally ; pro- 

 thoracic band rather widely interrupted. (Two fsubsp. n. 



from West Australia : Ih\ J. Burton CUland.) zonalis alhocinctn, 



Awu ct Mag. X. Hist. Scr. 8. Vol. iv. 22 



