'2]'2 On the Ilnlictine Bees of the Australian Region. 



turn ; upper margin of prdlLorax with 



orange touientuni ; tegulsB fulvous. . bici»ffulatus,iim., $ (n.syu.: 



rujipes, Sui., tertius, D. T.). 

 Smaller ; tibia? and tarsi clear red ; ab- 

 domou without bands, but with con- 

 spicuous patches of ochrv-tinged 

 white tomentum at lateral bases of 

 segments 2 to 4 ; tegulae lively ful- 

 vous ; hind spur simple consjncuus, Sm., $ . (T.) 



4. Larger ; abdomen black, punctured, 



without hair-patches ; hiud spur 



simple curhonarius, Sm., 5 • (^-) 



Smaller; abdomen with hair-patches. . 5. 



5. Stigma black, or practically so ; area 



very tiuely and minutely wrinkled . . oblitus, Sm., $ . (T.) 

 Stigma brown or reddish 6. 



6. Clypeus with a yellowish-white band ; 



face with much white hair; whole 



insect very hairy lanuginosus, Sm. (T.) 



Clypeus all black 7. 



7. Area with strong regular striae. (Tas- 



mania.) rcprcesentcms, Sm., ^ • (T.) 



Area more feebly and irregularly sculp- 

 tured 8. 



8. Larger and more hairy lunarius, Sm., $ . (T.) 



Smaller and less hairj' convexus, Sm., § . (T.) 



9. Abdomen green ; mesothorax with a 



very bright green colour, but dull 



surtace ; scutellum shining floralis, Sm., $*. (T.) 



(n. syn. vividus, Sm.) 

 Abdomen red, at least in part ; meso- 



thorax green, which separates these 



species from Parasphecodes 10, 



Abdomen black or dark brown 12. 



10. Mesothorax with very large shallow 



punctures ; abdomen very shiny, red 



at sides punctatus, Sm., $ . (T.) 



Mesothorax with minute punctures . . 11. 



11. Mesothorax very shiny ; abdomen red, 



with only first segment darkened . . vitripennia, Sm., 5 . (T.) 

 Mesothorax duller ; abdomen with the 

 apical part dark sphecodoidea, Sm., $ . (T.) 



12. Mesothorax black ; abdomen dark 



brown, segments 3 to 5 pilose ; second 



r. n. and third t. c. almost obsolete. 



(Tasmania.) glohasus^ Sm., $ . (T.) 



Mesothorax green or blue 13. 



1.3. Mesothorax peacock-green ; abdomen 



shining; hind spur with 3 spines .. nrhaniifs,^m., $. (T.) 

 Mesothorax dark 14. 



* H. Jloralis is from Australia; Dalla Torre erroneously gives the 

 localitv as New Zealand. 



