t ANDRENID^!. 



finely punctured, the ilagelluni fulvous beneath ; the mandibles 

 bidentate, their apex rufo-piceous. Thorax with more or less 

 thin hoary pubescence above and beneath ; the pubescence on the 

 legs is similar, that on the posterior tibiae and tarsi is silvery white 

 exteriorly, within it is fuscous; wings hyaline, with a fuscous 

 cloud beyond the stigma ; the mesothorax and scutellum not very 

 closely punctured. Abdomen oblong-ovate and finely punctured ; 

 the apical margin of each segment with a narrow pubescent 

 white fascia ; the apical segment with dark fuscous pubescence ; 

 beneath, the segments have a fringe of long silvery white pu- 

 bescence. 



Hab. N.W. coast of Australia. 



2. Paracolletes fervidus. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, with fulvous pubescence ; the pos- 

 terior legs incrassate. Head with pale fulvous pubescence, on the 

 cheeks it is longer and paler ; the flagellum of the antenna? fulvous 

 beneath. The thorax with fulvous pubescence above, on the sides 

 and beneath it is paler ; the tibiae and tarsi rufo-piceous, the tarsi 

 brightest ; the femora fringed beneath with long pale pubescence, 

 on the tibiae outside it is short and fusco-ferruginous, on the pos- 

 terior tibiae and tarsi within it is bright rufo -fulvous ; wings hya- 

 line, faintly clouded at their apex, the nervures rufo-testaceous. 

 Abdomen with a slight nigro-aeneous tint; ovate, with the base 

 truncate; the apical margins of the segments rufo-piceous and 

 thinly fringed with fulvous pubescence, that at the base of the 

 abdomen is pale ; the margins of the segments beneath with a 

 thick fringe of pale pubescence. 



Hab. New Holland. 



3. Paracolletes marginatum. 



Female. Length 7 lines. — Black ; thorax and legs densely pubes- 

 cent ; the abdomen with a narrow white pubescent fascia on the 

 apical margin of each segment ; in the male the margins them- 

 selves are pale yellowish white. The sides of the face and 

 the cheeks with white pubescence, that on the latter long and 

 ragged, on the vertex it is ochraceous ; the labrum and mandibles 

 pale ferruginous, the latter black at their tips ; the flagellum of 

 the antennae fulvous beneath beyond the second joint ; the cly- 

 peus shining and punctured. Thorax above clothed with fulvo- 

 ochraceous pubescence, on the sides and beneath it is longer and 

 paler ; the legs stout ; the anterior femora and tibiae in front and 

 the tarsi ferruginous ; the posterior femora have a dense white 

 curled floccus beneath; the tibiae have the scopa white beneath 

 and inclining to fulvous above, very bright and glittering ; wings 

 subhyaline, the nervures fusco-ferruginous, the tegulae rufo-testa- 



