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In Bingham's arrangement this species would come in close to propinqnus and 

 vemalis, with neither of which can it be confounded. 



Haliclus clarus, Nurse. 



Journ. Asiat, Soc, Beng. LXX, 1901, 147. 



The undescribed $ of this species is similarly coloured to the $ , except that, 

 as usual, the apex of the clypeus is broadly yellow ; the flagellum is pale brown 

 except above ; the coxae, trochanters and femora are black, as well as more or 

 less of the hind tibia?. Probably the amount of black on the legs varies ; 

 according to Col. Nurse, i.e., the " femora, tibia? and tarsi of the median and 

 posterior legs " are honey-yellow, but in the examples of clarus I have had from 

 Col. Nurse, these organs are largely marked with black. H. lucidipennis Sm. 

 from;" Northern India " appears to be a closely allied species. In clarus the 

 green as usual runs into brassy and even purplish tints. H. propinqnus, Sm. is 

 a closely related species ; it may be known by its larger, broader, more oval form 

 and by the apical slope of the metanotum, being distinctly margined laterally, a 

 structure not mentioned by authors. H. clarus occurs at Matheran as well as 

 at Deesa. 



Halictas emergendus, sp. nov. 



Black, the head except the vertex, thickly, the pro and mesothorax less 

 closely, the post-scutellum very closely, and close distinct bands of pubescence 

 on the apices of the abdominal segment, white ; the hair on the legs white, the 

 apical joints of the tarsi more or less rufescent ; the spurs white, tinged with 

 rufous. Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures pale testaceous. Basal area of 

 metanotum with irregular, more or less divergent, oblique stria? ; the sides of 

 the apical slope distinctly, and the top less strongly, keeled. Basal segment of 

 abdomen smooth, impunctate, shining ; the other segments closely, minutely 

 punctured, without transverse furrows ; the rima is edged with dark rufous 

 pubescence, and is black. Wings hyaline, the stigma testaceous, the nervures 

 darker coloured. Eyes converging below. Clypeus strongly, but not very 

 closely punctured. Mesonotum closely, distinctly punctured, forming almost 

 fine reticulations at the base ; the scutellum is more shining and less strongly 

 punctured. Tegulse piceous. $- 



Length 4-5 mm. 



Matheran, March. 



The stria? on the metanotal area form almost reticulations at the base ; the 

 stria? are certainly more " oblique, divergent," than " longitudinal," so the 

 species comes into Bingham's section A., near catullus ; the basal segment of 

 the abdomen is only glabrous in the centre, the base and sides being covered 

 with white pubescence. 



