204 ^Ir. T. I). A. CockcrcU on Bees in the 



L. vcslitus []>(isycoUct€s vestitus, Sm.) it diflcrs by ils larger 

 size, brown- black instead of purple-black abdomen, decidedly 

 vellowisli tint of pubescence, and longer and looser scopa of 

 iiind tibia; but it is closely allied. These comparisons are 

 based on females; tlie male L. JiuJUmi differs from male 

 L. purpureus [DasycoUetes purpureus, »Sm.) by its larger size 

 and differently coloured abdomen and antenna?. 



L. imt'iatus, Sm., differs from L. Boltoni by its smaller size, 

 with the abdomen faintly purplish, and the hair on outer side 

 of hind tibiic not black at base. The abdomen is really only 

 faintly a^ieous, jiot distinctly purple as in vestitus, and not 

 so shining. Tlie size of vestitus and imitaius is the same, and 

 they are quite congeneric. 



Leiojyroctus confusus, sp. n. 



$ . — Similar to L. tmitatus, but first recurrent ncrvure joins 

 second submarginal cell much before its middle (at its middle 

 in tmitatus), and basal area of metathorax transversely striate 

 (not so in tmitatus). Stigma well-developed ; hind spur of 

 hind tibia3 very finely pectinate, or could be called long-ciliate ; 

 second recurrent nervure practically straight; abdomen with- 

 out hair-bands. The wings are yellower than in imitatus^ 

 and the abdominal segments have dark reddish hind margins. 



JIah. New Zealand. 



The characters are few, but quite sufficiently distinctive. 

 With this and the last, the New-Zealand bee-fauna numbers 

 18 species. 



Siiroj)oda alpha, sp. n. 



J . — Differs from S. homh'formis, Sm., by its smaller size 

 (length less than 12 mm.), hair on hind tarsi entirely black, 

 except a small orange tutt at Ijase above ; lateral margins of 

 clypeus with a rather broad black band; flagellum ferruginous 

 Vjeneath except base of first joint ; legs dark, though with 

 much orange hair, t. e. covered above with orange hair, 

 beneath with black, except that hind tarsi are as just described; 

 the bidentate apex of abdomen covered with black hair (ful- 

 vous in lomhiforinis). 



JIah. Australia. 



This is Smithes var. a of 8. homhiformts; it is evidently 

 a distinct species. It has a rather strong superficial re- 

 semblance to the Mexican Emphoropsis falvus {llabropoda 

 fulva, Sm.). 



Ctenophclra vagans, sp. n. 



^ . — Runs to C. chalyhea in Bingham's table, and is in fact 



