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brown ; rudiment of second intercubitus present ; recurrent nervure to intercubitus 
less than half length of latter : basal nervure to nervulus less than half length of 
the arched lower section of basal nervure ; second discoidal cell complete. 
Brisbane. Queensland, Sept. 10, 1915 (H. Hacker). Readily known by the 
yellow cheeks and sides of thorax. Three were collected. 
Turnerella subnothula n. sp. 
Remale. A black species like T . globulicejjs , for which I had taken it, but 
distinct by the following characters : front not highly polished, the surface densely 
minutely reticulate all over, as is also the surface of mesothorax ; anterior tibiae 
and tarsi red, the tibiae dark brown behind ; abdomen larger, with a distinct rosy 
or coppery tint, the apical part with scattered long white hairs. The venations! 
characters are: upper half of second intercubitus present; second discoidal cell 
complete ; first recurrent nervure to first intercubitus less, but not much less, than 
length of intercubitus ; lower section of basal nervure strongly arched ; basal 
nervure to nervulus less than half length of lower section of basal nervure. It is 
also very like T. nothula . differing thus : mandibles only dusky reddish, with dark 
base ; face wholly black, without the narrow yellow bands along orbits, which are 
present in T. nothula ; long linear facial fovese close to anterior orbits, and a row^ 
of punctures on the shining space between fovea and orbit (T. nothula has 
extremely short fovese.) 
Oxley, Brisbane, Sept. 24, 1914 ( H . Hacker). 
ZALYGUS new genus. 
Minute bees related to Euryglossella , but with bidentate clypeus, two discoidal 
cells, and simple claws. One cubital cell : two discoidals, the first with its upper 
side occupying only about half low^er face of cubital ; lower section of basal nervure 
very little curved ; basal nervure very remote from nervulus. 
Zalygus comutus n. sp. 
Remale. Estimated length 3 mm., but abdomen missing (it is presumably 
black and without salient characters) ; head nearly as large as thorax, quadrate, 
shining black, with very delicate linear sculpture, forming a very fine reticulation, 
and with very minute remote punctures ; cheeks very broad, convex ; ocelli in a broad 
triangle, the lateral ocelli somewhat more distant from each other than from eye ; 
inner orbits gently concave ; antenna; placed low clown, close together : scape long, 
it and the large funicle dull testaceous; flagellum short and thick, finely and quite 
densely hairy, very dark brown ; clypeus very broad, very pale yellowish testaceous, 
with scattered very long erect colourless hairs, the anterior margin straight in middle, 
but at each side prolonged into a very large outwardly directed tooth ; mandibles 
stout at base, tapering to apex, testaceous, the extreme tip black, the apex briefly 
and obtusely bidentate (seen from one direction appearing quite simple) ; thorax 
shining black, microscopically reticulate, with very widely scattered minute punctures, 
and almost hairless ; scutelhun large, convex : teguke yellowish hyaline ; wings 
hyaline, stigma dilute sepia, nervures nearly colourless ; stigma very large ; marginal 
cell broad (deep) but short, acutely pointed on costa, its face on costa about as long 
as that on stigma ; one cubital cell, which is very large ; upper section of basal 
nervure not far from vertical, lower oblique and very little curved, and not much 
longer ; lower end of basal nervure more distant from nervulus than the equivalent 
of the whole lower section ; two discoidal cells, the first elongate-quadrate, its face 
on first cubital approximately equivalent to half lower side of latter ; second 
discoidal greatly broadened below, both ends acute ; outer border of wings with 
