nuich broader (espfcially above) tban in (unicula ; ine^ulai 

 wrinkles of inetutliora.x stroiii^er. 



Near Mackay, Qiieenshuul. 



In my key it conies in as follows : — 



f'l vpeus wholly black ; light markings doop chromo- 

 yi'llow. 

 Larger ; punctures of mcsothorax very d'utinct ; 



•irst r. u. caters lirst a.m atniculi/ormit, Ckll. 



Smaller ; punctures of uiesothorax so small as to 

 be hardly visible separately under a lens; 

 first r, II. joins tirst t.-c amiruln. Sin. 



Piosopis elet/ans, Smith. 



Comparison of types shows that P. Sydney ana ^ Ckll., is the 

 same as elegans. 



Prosopis diversipuncta, .sp. n. 



? . — Length about 8^ mm. 



Robust. Runs in my table next to P. nu/rifronSj having 

 the face entirely black. The two are separated thus : — 



Tubercles yellow, and also a contiguous large yellow 



patcii ou pleura; front dull imd den.sely punc- 

 tured ; nie.s.ithorax quite densely punctured; 



area of metatliorax not ridged nijrifrons, Sm. 



Tubert'lea black, but a quadrate yellow patch 



behind ; front shining, with well-.separated 



punctures ; mesothorax shining, with strong 



but scattered punctures, not luiiform in size ; 



area of metathorax strongly ridged diversipuncta, Ckll. 



Other characters of P. diversipuncta are : — Wings dilute 

 fuliginous; second r. n. receiving both recurrent nervures ; 

 BcutcUum and postscutellum orange, the anterior margin of 

 orange on scutellum wavy ; abdomen shining, first segment 

 with very minute punctures, contrasting with much larger 

 ones on base of second. 



Ilab. Kuranda, Queensland ( Dodd). 2 9 in British 

 Mu.seuni. 



Prosopis aureomaculata, sp. n. 



cJ . — Length about 6 mm. 



Black, with almost clear wings; face very narrow, the pale 

 clypeus with a blaek stripe on each side adjacent to the 

 suture, narrowing af)ove and failing lielow ; a small broad 

 and short siipraclypeal mark; lateral marks long and narrow, 



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