Records of Bees. 7t!0 



Chi-lyn'ia calliphorino, sp. n. 



? . — LcTifTth about 8^ mm. 



Deep rich indi<2:o-l)liie, with sliglit green tints on the 

 abdomen; hair of fare mainly dull white, but many bhi<?lc 

 hairi intermixed ; nagcllnm obsenrely brownish beneath ; 

 liair of vertex and thorax al)ove more bhick than pale, of 

 plenra black, mixed with jiale above, of sides of metathorax 

 black, with a wliitc tuft above ; head and thorax very 

 coarsely punctnred, the punctures well separated on disc of 

 mesothorax ; tegnlae bine, punctured. Wings very dusky ; 

 second s.m. very long, its basal corner much more produced 

 than in ('. paronhia. Legs dark blue, with dark hair ; 

 abdomen strongly but not densely punctured, its pubescence 

 black; no abdominal bands or spots; ventral segments with 

 a Hue chocolate-coloured tomeutum. 



Hah. Mountains near Claremont, California (Baker). 



Related to C. pavonina, Ckll., and C. cusackce, Ckll., 

 especially the latter, but easily known by the pale hair of 

 the face. Some time ago Professor Perez sent me a photo- 

 graph of a Californiun bee in his collection, which appears 

 to be a Clielijnia, and is probably C. calliphorhia. 



Stelis carnifex, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 8^ ram. 



Deep rich purple, the vertex, mesothorax (except hind 

 edge), and scutellura black or (Nevada specimen) dark blue; 

 punctures strong, well separated on mesothorax ; head 

 oblong ; scape purplish or bluish, flagellum obscure ijrownish 

 beneath; teguke purple in front, and with a more or less 

 pallid discal spot. Wings dusky (brownish), nervures dark ; 

 pul)escence black. Legs dark purple. Al)domen with the 

 first three segments strongly but not densely punctured, the 

 others with large very dense more or less elongate punctures ; 

 ventral segments fringed with dark fuscous or black hair. 



Hab. Type from mountains near Claremont, California 

 (Baker). Also one from Ormsby County, Nevada {Baker). 



Intermediate in size between S. montana, Cr., and S. sene- 

 ciophila, Ckll., in colour ditferent from either. The face is 

 narrower than in the Rocky Mountain species. 



Prosopis .lanthaspis, var. bicaneata (Cockerell). 



A female of P. .vanthaspis, Ckll., from Mackay, Queens- 

 land, March 1900 [Turner), has a yellow patch on each side 

 of the clypeus, thus approaching the condition of P. bi- 

 cuneata. On reviewing the matter, 1 now believe that 

 bicaneata is a variety of P. xanihaspis. A specimen of var. 



