346 l\Ii. T. D. A. Cockercll — Descriptions and 



tubercles red, strongly carinatc, covered behind with dense 



rrcani-colourcd tomeutum ; rest of thorax black ; scntellum 



very coarsely rugoso-punctate, ])ostscutcl]um dull and 



{j;ranular ; area of nietatiiorax with a row of ])licfc at the 



base and one on each jiostcro-lateral side, the latter broad at 



the sides, but toward the middle narrowing; to a line of pits; 



sides of metathorax, as seen from behind, with only a 



single projecting point, l)ut there are two nodules on each 



side near the upper corners, only noticed in an obli(|ueview ; 



jilcura coarsely rugoso-punctate : tcgulic liglit lulvo-fcrru- 



ginous. Wings strongly smoky, paler i)asally : stigma atul 



jiervures rufo-fuscous ; venation essentially as in C. picta, 



but first r. n. joins second s.m. well beyond the middle, and 



third s.m. is less contracted above. Legs ferruginous, hind 



tibia witli a loose white seopa ; hind til)ial knee-plate greatly 



elongated, hind spur with only a microscopical ciliation. 



Al)domen black, Avith the base and apex of first segment and 



second segment almost entirely dull red ; first segment 



polished and shining, with very sparse minute punctures ; 



second shining, but closely and distinctly punctured except 



in middle; remaining segments closely and finely ])unctured, 



but clothed with fine and short, apprcssed, golden-brown 



lialr, the a[)ieal region with long pale reddish hair. 



Huh. Queensland [F. P. Dodd). British Museum. The 

 exact locality is unknown. 



Nearest to C. tnrneronnn, Ckll., also from Queensland, 

 but easily known by the colours, the rugose sculpture, &c. 



Prosopis kalamunda, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 7'5 mm. 



Head and thorax black, with bright chrome-yellow 

 markings, consisting of large lateral face-marks (filling space 

 between clypeus and eye, and extending upward with the 

 form of a closed hand with the index-finger, which is very 

 short, pointed), swollen upper border of prothorax, tubercles, 

 large semilunar patch behind tubercles, scntellum, and 

 postscutellum (except at sides). Legs black, the anterior 

 tibiae with an obscure yellow spot at base. Abdomen 

 shiuing steel-blue ; clypeus acieulate, somewhat depressed 

 in middle; front and vertex shining, with strong well- 

 separated punctures ; mesothorax shining, with large, irre- 

 gular, scattered jjuncturcs ; area of metathorax with a basal 

 channel crossed by plicae, and below this, on each side, a 

 strong oblique ridge ; pleura with widely separated punc- 

 tures. Legs with fine silky white hair ; tegulse black. 



