12 AKDEENID^. 



wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen 

 oblong, slightly pubescent, at the base with some long hoary 

 pubescence ; the apical segment ferruginous. 



Hob. Swan River. 



EURYGLOSSA, Smith. 



1. Euryglossa quadrimaculata. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, with yellow markings, four being 

 on the abdomen. Head before the antennae yellow ; the tips of 

 the mandibles and the flagellum ferruginous, the latter slightly 

 fuscous above. The sides of the mesothorax before the wings 

 and the scutellum and postscutellum yellow ; wings hyaline and 

 splendidly iridescent ; the legs more or less obscurely rufo-piceous, 

 the anterior tibiae in front and the apical joints of the tarsi paler. 

 Abdomen impunctate ; at the basal margin of the second and third 

 segments there is laterally a semicircular yellow macula. 



Hob. Queensland. 



2. Euryglossa simillima. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Head and thorax black, abdomen fer- 

 ruginous. Head opaque, covered with confluent punctures ; the 

 clypeus shining and with scattered punctures ; the face with short 

 griseous pubescence ; the flagellum of the antennae fulvous beneath. 

 Thorax opaque, truncate posteriorly ; on the sides and beneath a 

 little thin griseous pubescence ; wings hyaline ; the apical joints of 

 the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; the scopa on the posterior tibiae white 

 beneath and slightly fuscous above. Abdomen oblong-ovate ; the 

 two apical segments blue-black, the apical one with black pubescence, 

 the extreme lateral margins of the segments blackish. 



Hob. Swan River. 



The general aspect of this species is that of a Sphecodes. 



3. Euryglossa rubricata. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — The head and thorax beneath black ; 

 the abdomen ferruginous, with the apex blue. The antennae 

 and mandibles ferruginous, the flagellum fuscous above, and the 

 mandibles black at their tips. Thorax shining and with fine scat- 

 tered punctures ; the metathorax black ; wings hyaline, the 

 nervures and tegulae pale testaceous. The extreme base of the 

 abdomen and the fifth and sixth segments, with the apical margin 

 of the fourth, blue -black. 



Hab. Swan River. 



