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form, witli a hardly noticeable brownisli tint beneath ; 

 tegulse ferruginous. "Wings dilute brownish, first r. n. 

 reaching second s.m. before end. Legs black, with white 

 hair, anterior knees and small joints of anterior tarsi red. 

 Abdomen shining, the segments more narrowly margined ; 

 lateral bases of second and third segments with incon- 

 spicuous transversely elongated patches of pale hair. 

 Stipites with a large, dark, shining base and long, pale, briefly 

 hairy, finger-like apical part ; on the inner side of the basal 

 part, near the apex, is a tubercle bearing a dense tuft of 

 light ferruginous bristles ; sagittse strongly curved down- 

 ward. 



Hab. Tvpe ( ? ) and cotype ,$ and ? , Eaglehawk Neck, 

 Tasmania," Feb. 12-March 3, 1913 {R. E. Turner). British 

 Museum. Also a $ from Launceston, Tasmania, Nov. 1, 

 1914 {F. M. Littler, 2o68). 



Resembles H. orbatus, Sm., but distinct by characters of 

 raesothorax, tegulse, &c. H. vidorielhts, Ckll., is smaller, 

 with a much more finely punctured mesothorax. 



Halictus cyclurus, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 5*5 mm. 



Head and thorax black, with thin hair, which is faintly 

 ochraceous-tinted above, dull white beneath ; abdomen very 

 broad and short, subcircular (but capable of being more 

 extended), rather d;irk chestnut-red, the first segment black, 

 except a broad marginal red band, which has a deep rounded 

 incision on each side anteriorly ; second segment with a 

 transverse blackish band, which is broadly arched, but on 

 each side bends obliquely forward ; third segment clouded 

 with dusky at sides ; remaining segments fuscous ; venter 

 bright clear ferruginous, blackened toward apex, especially 

 at sides; head, thorax, and abdomen shining, the clypeus 

 and supraclypeal area brilliantly polished; area of meta- 

 thorax with more than basal half dull and very delicately 

 plicatulate ; head broad ; flagellura rather dark castaneous 

 beneath ; mandibles (except basally) and labrum dark red ; 

 tegulae rufo-testaceous. Wings hyaline, nervures and stigma 

 pale yellowish brown ; outer r. n. and t.-c. thin, but quite 

 distinct ; first r. n. meeting second t.-c. ; third s.m. much 

 broader than second. Legs black, with pale hair, the 

 anterior knees red, the tarsi obscurely ^ubrufous ; hind spur 

 with several teeth. The front is minutely roughened ; the 

 mesothorax microscopically lineolate, with scattered ex- 

 tremely minute punctures. The whole area of metathorax 



