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under a leus ; tegulse piceous, with a brown spot. Wings 

 greyish, stigma and nervures dilute red-brown; second s.m. 

 very broad ; first r. n. meeting second t.-c. ; outer r. n. and 

 t.-c. distinct. Legs black. Abdomen broad, shining black, 

 without hair-bands or patches ; a broad dark red apical 

 plate, 



Hab. Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, Jan.-March, 1913, 3 S 

 [Turner). British Museum. 



Larger than H. repertus, Ckll., with quite different area 

 of metathorax, &c. 



Halictus boweni, sp. n. 



^ . — Length a little over 6 mm. 



Superficially like H. baudini, but differing thus : — A little 

 smaller ; bead smaller, eyes more converging below ; anterior 

 and middle tibiae light red in front ; area of metathorax 

 concave, with plicse not covering surface; scutellum finely 

 punctured all over, without any median depression ; abdo- 

 men much narrower; stigma darker; second s.m. much 

 narrowed above. 



Hab. Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Feb. 12-March 3, 1913 

 {Turner). British Museum. 



Paracolletes subviridis, sp. n. 



5 . — Length 9" 5 mm. 



Rather slender, apparently black, but on close inspection 

 it is seen that the front, mesothorax (except a large central 

 area), and abdomen are faintly greenish, the colour extremely 

 obscure ; hair of head and thorax dull white, partly black on 

 clypeus and extreme sides of face, black on vertex (but white 

 on occiput), largely black or fuscous on mesothorax, 

 scutellum, and postscutellum ; head very broad ; mandibles 

 entirely black ; clypeus shining, with strong, not very dense 

 punctures; supraclypeal area polished, punctured at sides ; 

 front dull, moderately shining at sides ; antennae black ; 

 mesothorax dull, moderately shining on disc, with only 

 minute piliferous punctures ; scutellum shining anteriorly ; 

 postscutellum dull, a little produced and tufted in middle ; 

 area of metathorax shining, without evident sculpture ; 

 tegulse dark reddish. Wings hyaline, not at all reddish, 

 nervures and stigma dark rufo-fuscous; b. n. meeting t.-m. ; 

 first r. n. reaching second s.m. at middle ; second r. n. joining 

 third s.m. a moderate distance from end. Legs black, with 

 dull whitish hair, fulvous on inner side of basitarsi, black or 



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