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patches of tomentum ; venter with a scopa of long curled hairs 

 and large patches of pale fulvous hair at sides of segments. 



Panay, Antique Province, Culasi (McGregor), type, June 3, 

 1918. Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Maquiling {Baker), 1. 



Halictus oligostictus sp. nov. 



Female.— Length, nearly 8 millimeters; very robust; black, 

 pubescence scanty, fringe of tubercles dense and tinged with 

 ocherous ; antennae black, the flagellum faintly reddish apically ; 

 clypeus with large punctures; front dullish, finely punctured 

 and substriate; mesothorax and scutellum dull, with large, . 

 widely scattered punctures, very few on scutellum; area of me- 

 tathorax dull, with strong longitudinal plicae; posterior trun- 

 cation finely tomentose, sharply defined above and at sides; 

 prothorax with prominent tubercular and anterolateral angles; 

 tegulae black; wings slightly dusky, stigma and nervures pic- 

 eous ; first recurrent nervure meeting second transverse cubital ; 

 third submarginal cell more than twice as long (broad) as 

 second ; legs black ; hind tibiae and tarsi with black hair on outer 

 side and pale yellowish hair on inner; hind spur with a few 

 large spines; abdomen very broad, shining black, without 

 evident punctures; second segment with a narrow patch of 

 dull white tomentum on each side basally; venter with pale 

 hair, but no long curled scopa or lateral patches. 

 Luzon, Mount Banahao (Baker). 



Halictus lionotulus sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, about 5.5 millimeters; black, with rather 

 narrow thorax ; hair of head and thorax dull white, not abund- 

 ant ; face narrowed below ; clypeus and supraclypeal area shining, 

 sides of face with dense grayish white hair ; flagellum obscurely 

 brown beneath ; mesothorax and scutellum polished and shining, 

 without conspicuous punctures; area of metathorax dull, with 

 fine plicae, the rounded apical margin shining; posterior trun- 

 cation very hairy ; tegulae bright fulvous ; wings dusky, stigma 

 and nervures dusky reddish brown, not dark; outer recurrent 

 and transverse cubitals much weakened; type with only two 

 submarginal cells, the second transverse cubital absent, but 

 another female, evidently of the same species, has three sub- 

 marginals, the third broader than the second, but not twice 

 as broad (the male also has three submarginals) ; legs black 

 or dark brown, with much white hair, that on hind tibiae en- 

 tirely white ; hind basitarsi with white hair, but with an orange 

 brush at apex; mesopleura polished and shining; abdomen 



