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thorax very feebly shining, rather coarsely microscopically tessellate ; 

 tegulae fuscous ; wings hyaline, slightly reddish, stigma and nervures 

 rather pale dull reddish ; first r. n. entering basal corner of second 

 s. m. ; legs yellow, with the anterior femora and tibiae mainly black 

 behind, the middle femora and tibiae also dark behind and their 

 tarsi brown, the hind femora and tibiae black, their tarsi dark reddish 

 (the hind coxae and trochanters are yellow) ; abdomen rufopiceous, 

 with yellow bands, usually mostly concealed, at bases of segments ; 

 venter yellow. 



2 . A little larger ; no yellow markings on head ; tubercles 

 yellow ; legs black ; yellow bands at bases of abdominal segments 

 2 to 4, very broad at sides, but interrupted in middle ; apical seg- 

 ment more or less reddish. 



Hab. Mt. Lofty, S. Australia, December Slst, 1912 (E. E. 

 Turner). British Museum. Two of each sex ; the type is a male. 

 This may be compared with E. ridens, Ckll., but is at once 

 distinguished by the dull mesothorax and the shape of the head. 

 Mr. Meade- Waldo notes : " In Euryglossa calliopsella-rubiginosa- 

 maculata group, but distinct." 



Euryglossa hemichlora, sp. n. 



^ . Length 4 mm. ; head and thorax dark olive-green, the head 

 dull, the thorax shining ; mandibles, labrum, the low and broad 

 clypeus (but no supraclypeal or lateral marks), scape in front, and 

 tubercles, all yellow ; hair of head and thorax white, thin and rather 

 long ; flagellum very long, light ferruginous beneath ; tegulae pallid, 

 reddish ; wings hyaline, iridescent, nervures and the large stigma 

 light reddish-brown ; second s. m. broader than high, receiving first 

 r. n. a short distance from base ; legs yellow, the femora and tibiae 

 dark brown behind, hind femora dark except apex and a stripe above, 

 hind tibiae and middle and hind tarsi reddish -brown ; abdomen 

 reddish-brown, paler at apex, and with pale bands at ends of first 

 three segments ; venter yellow. The hind trochanters are yellow, 

 and their coxae yellow at apex. 



$ . A little larger ; no yellow markings on head ; clypeus and 

 supraclypeal area piceous, with scattered punctures ; labrum and 

 mandibles (except at base) reddish ; tubercles yellowish-white ; 

 abdomen darker, very broad, without evident pallid bands ; venter 

 dark ; legs piceous, anterior knees and tibiae in front yellow, middle 

 tibiae with a yellow stripe. 



Hah. Yallingup, S.-W. Australia, September 14th-October 

 31st, 1913 (R. E. Turner). One male (=type), four females. 

 British Museum. Allied to E. altitudinis, but easily known by 

 the green colour. 



Euryglossa melanosoma , sp. n. 



? . Length about 4| mm. ; black, shining, with thin white hair; 

 head broad ; flagellum short and thick, variably fulvous beneath, 

 especially pallid apically ; front, mesothorax and scutellum shining ; 

 tegulae piceous ; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma dilute sepia ; 



