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 419. 

 NOMADA DALII. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidse. 



Type of the Genus, Noniada ruficornis Linn. 



NoMADA Scop., Fab., Lat., Curt. — Apis Linn., Kirbij, &;c. 



Antennce inserted near the middle of the face, rather long and 

 filiform, composed of 13 joints in the male (I), basal joint a little 

 the longest pilose, 2nd subglobose, 3rd obconic truncate, re- 

 mainder oblong, slightly decreasing in length, terminal joint sub- 

 conic compressed : 12-jointed in the female (19)- 

 Labrum transverse-ovate, ciliated with pubescent hairs (2). 

 Mandibles rather long and slender, simple and obtuse at the apex, 

 slightly hairy (3). 



Maxilla: with the basal portion as long as the mentum, horny, 



narrowed before, the lobe as long as the stalk, lanceolate and 



ciliated towards the apex (4a). Palpi very long slender and 



6-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd and 3rd long of equal length, 



the remainder slightly decreasing in size (b), 



Mentum not very long but robust, rounded behind, emarginated 



in front (5). Labium as long as the mentum, rather stout, 



hollow, pubescent and transversely striated, suddenly narrowed 



at the apex (c) ; Paraglossce short and acute (d). Palpi longer 



than the lip, somewhat linear, pubescent and 4-jointed3 basal 



joint long, 2nd short, 3rd and 4th slender and subclavate, the 



latter the shortest (b). 



Head suborbicular, face rather JIat : eyes long and narrow : ocelli 3. 



Thorax globose. Abdomen of the females ovate obtuse and 6-jointed, 



tufted at the apex the terminal joint minute; 7 -jointed and more 



conical at the apex in the males, attached by a short stout petiole. 



Wings ; superior with 1 marginal and 3 perfect submarginal cells, 



stigtna sublanceolate. Legs alike in both sexes. Tibiae naked, 



spurred, anterior with a spine dilated on the inside. Tarsi 5-jointed, 



basal joint long. Claws recurved at the base. Pulvilli distinct, 



(8 tj hind leg of female). 



Dalii Curt, Guide, Gen. 7\7. 35. 



Piceous black, shining, clothed with yellowish hair, silvery on 

 the clypeus : margin of labrum yellow, tips of mandibles ferru- 

 ginous : tips of antennae ochreous, underside ochreous brown : 

 head and thorax thickly punctured, the former with a minute spot 

 on each side the crown close to the eyes and the margin below 

 them yellow : abdomen with 2 yellow dots towards the base a 

 large one on each side at the middle, the following segments 

 with a yellow line on each side towards the base : wings bright 

 iridescent, squamulse brown, a dark brown fimbria to the superior 

 wings, the inferior tipped with the same colour, nervures and 

 stigma brown : inside of 4 anterior thighs and tibiae and their 

 tarsi ferruginous ; tips of posterior thighs and tibiae of the same 

 colour. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale and the Author. 



