New Euryglossa (Euhcsma) bees 
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area were taken from different species of 
Eremophila, I cannot separate them. None is as 
robust as the specimens from Meekatharra and 
when males are known a different species may 
be indicated. 
Etymology 
This species is named for my niece Elizabeth 
McCray whose typing skills greatly helped 
preparation of this manuscript. 
Euryglossa (Euhesma) newmanensis sp. nov. 
Figure 51 
Material Examined 
Holotype 
$, 14 miles (22.4 km) NE of Newman, Western 
Australia, 28 August 1971, T.F. Houston, on 
Eremophila (WAM). 
Paratype 
Australia: Western Australia: 9, same data as 
holotype (WAM). 
Description 
Female 
Length about 7.0 mm; wing length about 5.0 mm. 
Relative head measurements: width 8.9; length 
10.1; clypeal length 2.9; lower interocular distance 
5.9; upper interocular distance 6.1; interantennal 
distance 2.0; antennocular distance 1.2; interocellar 
distance 2.0; ocellocular distance 1.6. Labial palps 
as long as head with segment 1 shortest, segments 
2, 3, 4 about equal in length. 
Etymology 
The specific name refers to the type locality. 
Euryglossa (Euhesma) ivalkeri sp. nov. 
Figure 51 
Material Examined 
Holotype 
9, 40 km N of Norseman, Western Australia, 
31°52'S 121°47'E, 20 November 1989, K.L. Walker, 
on Eremophila (MV). 
Para types 
Australia: Western Australia: 29, same data as 
holotype, 5 9, 35 km E of Norseman, 32°12'S 
122°04'E, 30 October 1989, K.L. Walker, on 
Eremophila-, 19, 31 km S Norseman, 32°27'S 
121°47'E, 31 October 1989, K.L. Walker, on 
Eremophila (MV, UQIC). 
Other Material 
Western Australia: 19, 31°07'S 121°24'E, 29 km 
SE by E of Coolgardie, 11 October 1981, (ANIC); 
29, So[uthern] Cross, 19 November 1979, on 
Eucalyptus (RMBM); 19, 70-75 km ENE of 
Norseman, 10-16 November 1978, on flowers of 
Eremophila scoparia (WAM). 
Description 
Female 
Length about 4.5 mm; wing length about 3.0 mm. 
Relative head measurements: width 6.3; length 7.0; 
clypeal length 1.8; lower interocular distance 3.4; 
upper interocular distance 4.1; interantennal 
distance 1.4; antennocular distance 0.5; interocellar 
distance 1.4; ocellocular distance 1.1. Upper margin 
of clypeus straight; labial palps longer than head, 
segments in increasing length in the order 1, 4, 3, 2 
with 1 and 2 cylindrical and widest. Frons above 
antennae with obvious evenly-spaced punctures 
and very distinct frontal line; supraclypeal area 
and clypeus shining, concave, with fewer 
punctures. 
Labial palps with segments 1 and 2 dark brown, 
3 and 4 yellowish. Legs dark brown with tibiae 
and tarsi golden. 
Long white hairs plentiful on ventral body 
surface and legs. 
Etymology 
The specific name honours Dr Ken Walker, the 
collector of this species with whom I've spent 
many hours collecting and discussing bees. 
REFERENCES 
Houston, T.F. (1983). An extraordinary new bee and 
adaptation of palpi for nectar-feeding in some 
Australian Colletidae and Pergidae (Hymenoptera). 
journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 263- 
270 
Houston, T.F. (1992). Three new, monolectic species of 
Euryglossa (Euhesma) from Western Australia 
(Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Records of the Western 
Australian Museum 15(4): 719-728 
Michener, C.D. (1965). A classification of the bees of the 
Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the 
American Museum of Natural History 130: 1-362 
Smith, F. (1853). 'Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects 
in the Collection of the British Museum'. Vol. 1. 
Manuscript received 26 May 1997; accepted 6 October 1997. 
