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Australian Bees 
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Paracolletes carinatus (Smith) 
9, Southerland, N. S. W., Nov., 1914 (Wheeler). 
Paracolletes carinatulus Cockerell 
S , Halifax, June, and Sydney, Feb. 28 — March 8 (Wil- 
liams). These differ from the type in having the head 
and thorax bluish-green, the scutellum and metathorax 
quite blue. Noteworthy characters for the species are the 
polished green clypeus, dark antennae (slightly reddened 
apically), pale thoracic pubescence and mainly red legs. 
Sphecodes profugus Cockerell 
8 9,4 $, Halifax, May and June, one male as late as 
July 11-20; 1 9, Cairns, April. All collected by Williams. 
The male has the antennal segments strongly nodose; the 
abdomen has the first three segments red, the others black. 
Nomioides perditellus Cockerell 
1 $, Babinda, April 18. (Williams). 
Parasphecodes arciferus Cockerell 
2 $ , Melbourne (H. E dicards) . This sex is new; it has 
the ventral tubercle on abdomen just as in the female. 
Clypeus with a central pit, and with its apical portion very 
broadly dull yellow, this color extending upward in median 
line as a pointed projection. Antennae long, reaching base 
of metathorax, black. First three abdominal segments 
dark chestnut red, the others black. Legs black. 
Halictus urbanus Smith 
9, Sydney, Feb. 28 — March 8 (Williams) . 
Halictus murrayi Cockerell 
9. Small (anterior wing 3.4 mm.), or rather larger; 
thorax usually purple blue, varying to blue-green; tegulae 
refous; legs black; abdomen shining black; area of meta- 
