Records of Bees. 3-17 



Willis (|uitc clear, stijima and iKM-viiros fuscous; first r. ii, 

 nicctiiiii first t.-c. Ahilomcu sliinin;,', uitli e\iri:mcly feeble 

 and minute scattered punctures. 



? . — \'ariety ju(/at(i, v. n. \\"\{\i a transverse approxi- 

 mately kidney-shaped supiaelypeal mark, the notch on the 

 lowi'r side; a yellow spot near each anterior corner of ineso- 

 thorax, and a yellow dot on teguhe. The ely|)eus is obscurely 

 reddish. 



//(//». Kalamnndii, S.W. Australia, I'Y'b. 1)-2H, 191 I { R. IC. 

 Tunitr). British Museum. 



In my table of Australian Prosopis this runs to 18, and 

 runs out because it is much smaller than P. jierplcxa, and 

 lias a yellow patch behind tubercles. Mr. Turner obtained 

 luides of Prosojiis eloiujatu. Smith, at Kalamunda ; super- 

 licially dutigntn much resembles the new species, but on 

 closer cxamiuatiou it is seen not to be very closely allied. 



Prosupis fulvicornis, Smith. 



Kalamunda, Tel). 9-28, 1911; 1 c? [R- /''• Tnnirr). 



This a<;recs with Smith's description of P. fitlricornis 

 (which was discovered from tlic Baly collection, and was not 

 in the Briti^■h Museum), except for the fact that the lateral 

 face-marks extend broadly halfway up the front, so that the 

 whole yellow area of the head rather resembles (though too 

 broad) a donkey's head with erect cars. The large and 

 broad suiiraely|)i a! mark is notched above; the yellow mark 

 behind the tubercles is crescentic. Siuith's short description 

 is otherwise very characteristic. 



This falls nearest to P. piirpwata, Sm., 1)ut is smaller, 

 and ditlcrs in some details of the markings. It cannot be 

 the male of P. kalainuiuUe, the sculpture being entirely 

 diUcrcut. 



Pachtjprosoph Ii(ematostoma, Cockcrell. 



Kalamuiula, Feb. 9-2S, 1911 {R. E. Turner) ; 3 ? . 



\\ ith these are sent two males of P. auraniipcs, Ckll., 

 with the same data ; and if I do not mistake the meaning of 

 the label on one of the P. hcpviatostuma, it is to be under- 

 stood that the two are sexes of one species. If this is correct, 

 it is very remarkable, as they ditl'er extremely in colour and 

 giMieral appearance. The P. lueiiialostumu are duller, not, so 

 blue as the original types. 



