BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



599 



I give a check-list of the bees at present known from Tasmania. 



Prosopis 



alcyonea{^richs.). 

 honesta Smith. 

 hoharliana Ckll. 

 vidua Sichel(in part). 



EUKYGLOSSA 



walkeriana Ckll. 

 Paracolletes 



chalybeatus{ Erichs. ). 



obscui'us{ Smith ) . 



viridicinctus Ckll. 



obscuripenuis Ckll. 



hobartensis Ckll 



cavil iaUis{v^m\t\\). 



melbournensis Ckll. 



le,ai Ckll. 

 Callomelitta 



picta Smith. 

 Halictus 



orbatus Smith. 



coyiiatiis Smith. 



limains Smith. 



globosus Smith. 



Halictus 



familiaris(Kr\iihii.). 



warburtoni Ckll. 



mitchelli Ckll. 



biirkei Ckll. 



lanarius Smith. 



tasmani(e(Ck\\.). 

 "Andkena"('? Halictus) 



infima Erichs. 

 Paraspiiecodes 



tilachus Smith. 



lithusca Smith. 



talchius Smith. 



stuchila Smith. 



altichus Smith. 



taluchis Smith. 



excultus Ckll. 

 Megachila 



leiicopyga Smith. 



chrypsopyga Smith. 



ordiuaria Smith. 

 Exoneura 



bicoloi- Smith. 



reprcesenta7is Smitli. 

 Although this list is small, Tasmania is evidently much richer 

 in bees than New Zealand. No doubt, many species remain to 

 be discovered, and the local naturalist who will take up the bees 

 in Tasmania will not only have a rich harvest of new forms, but 

 also an opportunity to determine the habits of all the species, 

 nothing having been done in this direction. It will also be very 

 interesting to determine how many of the Australian genera are 

 actually absent from Tasmania, and what proportion of the Tas- 

 manian species is precinctive. 



