3iU Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



Prosopis amata, sp. ii. 



? . — Runs in my table of Australian species to cognata and 

 violacea, but differs from them as follows '. — 



Lateral face-marks bow-shaped ; clypeus sparsely 



punctured ; mesothorax finely punctured .... violacea and cognata. 

 Lateral face-marks cuneate, deep orantre, ending 



above at about level of anteunse ; mesothorax 



with very largB coarse dense punctures; clypeus 



with dense punctiferous grooves cpmccla. 



Other characters of amata are : — YelloTr of scutellum and 

 postscutellum not reduced ; area of metathorax with a trans- 

 verse ridge and little vertical ridges. Wings nearly clear ; 

 first r, n. entering extreme apex o£ first s.m. ; abdomen deep 

 steel-blue, shining, with fine punctures, uniform on segments 

 1 to 3. 



Hah. Kuranda, Queensland {F. P. Dodd). Type in 

 British ^luseura. 



Mr. R. E. Turner tells me that Kuranda is near Cairns, at 

 an altitude of about 1100 feet. It is a region of dense jungle. 



Prosopis turneriana kurandensis, subsp. n. 



(^ . — Length 7 mm. 



Runs in my table to P. versicolor, from which it differs by 

 its blue colour, and the first two abdominal segments sparsely 

 and feebly punctured. It is really related to turneriana, from 

 which it differs by having a metallic purplish dark band at 

 each side of clypeus, not quite reaching tlie lower corners ; 

 supraclypeal mark shorter ; lateral face-marks pointed above, 

 with the inner upper margin nearly straight (rounded in 

 turneriana) ; second abdominal segment more sparsely and 

 feebly punctured. Tubercles purplish coppery, with a light 

 spot; anterior tibiae bright chestnut in front and the other 

 tibiae with red marks. 



Hah. Kuranda, Queensland [F. P. Dodd, 1907. 129). Type 

 in British Museum. 



This species is not a true Prosopis. 



Prosopis amiculiformis, sp. n. 



? . — Recorded as P. amicula, Sm., in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., Nov. 1905, p. 467. Actual comparison with Smith's 

 type shows that it is distinct. Length nearly 7mm.; clypeus 



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