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15. Ualictus (h/nasks., sp. nov. 



9 . Head a1x)ve and in front to the base of the antenn.'B very finel}r 

 punctured, the punctures seemnig to run hito stri^ in certain lights ; 

 clypeus and median segment more distantly and coarsely punctured ; 

 al)domen above finely aciculate ; median segment roundeil posteriorly, 

 with the cordate space at base concave, and with fine divergent strite-. 

 Black, the pubescence on the head and thorax fuscous, on the legs pale 

 and glittering, and on the abdomen hoary- white, forming a narrow 

 transvei-se band at the base of the 2nd and 6th segments, and a very 

 broad and conspicuous one at the base of the ord segment, anal rima 

 reddish-brown, fringed with fuscous hairs on each side ; wings very 

 broad and ample, hyaline, tegute black, nervures brown. 



9 . Length 10 ; e^cp. 21 mm. 

 IIai>. Simla. 



Resembles H. ducalis, Bingh., but themedran segment is rounded, noi 

 truncate posteriorly, the cordate space at its base being striated, not 

 punctured, and the broad band of pubescence is at the base of the 3i\ly 

 not the 2ud abdominal segment. 



16. Halictus nivTeus, sp. ncyv. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen polished and shining, extremely 

 minutely punctured, the punctures on the face in front seeming, in certain 

 lights, to run into very fine longitudinal strite ; median segment round- 

 ly truncate posteriorly, the cordate space at base reticulate; abdomen with 

 the apical margins of the basal two segments distinctly depressed. Jet 

 l)lack, thinly covered with a short pale pubescence all over, most dense- 

 on the femora, tibiaj, and tarsi of the logs ; the apical margins of all the 

 abdominal segments, and the tibise and tarsi of the legs, testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline, nervures and tegulse pale testaceous. 



$. Length 8-9; exp. 17 mm. 



Ilab, Simla. 



17. Halictus himalayensis^ sp. nov., pi. A, f. 11. 



$ , Head and ihoras in front closely and very finely punctured ; 

 median segment rounded, slightly truncate posteriorly, the cordate 

 space at its base depressed, bearing divergent fine oblique stria3 ; abdo- 

 men massive, smooth, and saining ; head and thorax black ; the greater 

 part of the abdomen blood-red ;. the face in front, the sides of the tho- 

 I'as, the sides and apex of the median segment, and tho legs covered- 



