530 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



receiving first r. n. a little beyond middle. Legs black, with 

 thiu white hair. Abdomen shiniiig, but the surface finely 

 ruo-oso-punctate, first suture impressed ; thin white hair on 

 dorsal segments, but no bands ; apical plate red, rounded. 



Hub. Yallingup, S.AY. Australia, Nov. 1913, three {R. E. 

 Turner). Briti:<li Museum. 



A distinct species, somewhat related to P. rhodopus, Ckll., 

 but recognizable at once by the colours, short antennae, &c. 



ParacoUetes viridlcinctus, Cockerell, 1905. 

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

 (/?. E, Turner). 



ParacoUetes obscurus (Smith, 1853). 



Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 1300-2300 ft,, Jan. 15-Feb.G, 

 1913, three [R. E. Turner). 



Nomia submarens, Cockerell, 1914. 



Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Feb. 12-Mar. 3, 1913 (/?. E. 



Turner). 



Euryglossa latissima, Cockerell, 1914. 



This was described from the female, but three males are 

 now before me, with the same data (Eaglehawk Neck, 

 Tasmania; Turner). The male is somewhat smaller, and 

 has the abdomen piceous, rufous at extreme apex. Other- 

 wise there is no conspicuous difference, except that the 

 antennae are longer, and there is more long, loose, white hair 

 about the face and mouth. The dark abdomen makes the 

 male appear superficially like a distinct species. 



Megachile tarsatida, sp. n. 



cJ . — Length about 6 mm. 



Black, including the mandibles and long slender antennae, 

 but all the tarsi bright ferruginous ; anterior tarsi simple, 

 and eoxa3 Avith small short spines ; head large and round, 

 face with pale ochreous hair ; clypeus with large punctures, 

 with shining surface between, on upper part, but lower part 

 with dense minute punctures ; supraclypeal area very densel}' 

 punctured ; vertex with strong large pimctures, and thin 

 pale ochreous hair ; mesothorax and scutellum finely and 

 closely punctured (in complete contrast with vertex), the 



