212 On the Tlalictine Bees of the Australian Region. 



turn ; upper margin of protLorax with 



orange toineutuui ; tegulse fulvous. . bic:n(/ulatics,Sm.., $ (n. syn.: 



rujipes, Sm., tertius, D. T.). 

 Smaller ; tibi.ie and tarsi clear red ; ab- 

 douien vrithout bands, but with con- 

 spicuous patches of ochry-tiuged 

 white tomentum at lateral bases of 

 segments 2 to 4; tegulse lively ful- 

 vous ; hind spur simple conspicuus, Sm., $ , (T.) 



4. Larger ; abdomen black, punctured, 



without hair-patches ; hind spur 



simple carbonarius, Sm., § . (T.) 



Smaller; abdomen with hair-patches. . 5. 



5. Stigma black, or practically so ; area 



very finely and minutely wrinkled . . oblitus, Sm., 5 . (T.) 



Stigma brown or reddish 6. 



C. Clypeus with a yellowish- white band ; 



face with much white hair ; whole 



insect very hairy Innuginosus, Sm, (T.) 



Clypeus all black 7. 



7. Area with strong regular strife. (Tas- 



mania.) reprcesentans, Sm., $ . (T.) 



Area more feebly and irregularly sculp- 

 tured 8. 



8. Larger and more hairy lanarius, Sm., $ . (T.) 



Smaller and less hairy convexus, Sm., 5 . (T.) 



9. Abdomen green ; mesothorax with a 



very bright green colour, but dull 



surface ; scutellum shining Jloralis, Sm., 5*. (T.) 



(n. syn. vividus, Sm.) 



Abdomen red, at least in part ; meso- 

 thorax green, which separates these 

 species from Parasphecodes 10. 



Abdomen black or dark brown 12. 



10. Mesothorax with very large shallow 



punctures ; abdomen very shiny, red 



at sides punctatus, Sm., 2 . (T.) 



Mesothorax with minute punctures . . 11. 



11. Mesothorax very shiny ; abdomen red, 



Avitli only first segment darkened . . vitripennis, Sm., 5 . (T.) 

 Mesothorax duller ; abdomen with the 

 apical part dark sphccodoides, Sm., 5 • (T-) 



12. Mesothorax black ; abdomen dark 



brown, segments 8 to 5 pilose ; second 

 r. n. and third t. c. almost obsolete. 



(Tasmania.) (/lobosus, Sm., $ . (T.) 



Mesothorax green or blue 13. 



13. Mesothorax peacock-green ; abdomen 



shining; hind spur with 3 spines .. urbanus, Sm., $. (T.) 

 Mesothorax dark 14. 



* H. Jloralis is from Australia ; Dalla Torre erroneously gives the 

 locality as New Zealand. 



