oofi r October, 



sutural and outer margins of the elytra, the labriini, antennae (joints 1 and 2 

 excepted), and tibiae, and the tarsi and abdomen in part, rufescent or ferrugi- 

 nous ; tlie head and prothorax very densely, rugosely, the elytra closely, 

 confusedly punctate. Head not much broader than long, tumid in the middle 

 between the eyes, and well developed and gradually narrowed behind them, 

 the eyes rounded and comparatively small (as seen from above) ; antennae 

 short, rather stout, sub-serrate, joint 3 longer than 4, 4-10 graduallj' becoming 

 shorter and broader, 10 transverse, 1 1 ovate. Prothorax a little wider than the 

 head, transversely siib-quadrate, slightly narrower in front than at the base, 

 the sides feebly rounded, the disc rather broadly sulcate down the middle and 

 the two basal foveae deep. Elytra long, much broader than the prothorax, 

 widened to beyond the middle and arcuately narrowed thence to the apex ; the 

 punctures not very coarse and mostly separate one from another, the suture 

 with an elongate, smoother tumid space before the tip. Ventral segment 2 

 with a transverse, f ulvo-pilose, very prominent tubercle in the middle in front. 

 Legs short, rather stout. Length 5, breadth 1^ mm. 



Hah. : Natal, Durban (F. Mnir, 1902, ex coll. Sharp). 



One male. Differs from the type, E. nyasae, in the longer head 

 and smaller eyes, the darker coloration and the rufescent sutural and 

 outer margins of the elytra; the ventral tubercle, too, is larger 

 and transverse. 



Horsell, Woking -. 



September 5th, 1916. 



A BEE NEW TO THE BRITISH LIST: 



NOMADA CONJUNGENS H.-Schaeff. 



( = DALLATORREANA Schmiedeknecht) 



BY THE REV. F. D. MORICE, M.A., F.E.S. 



On June 7th, 1900, I captured at Swanage a ? Nomada, which I 

 supposed to be merely some form of the common rvficornis. On 

 returning home I placed it as such — probably with little or no further 

 examination — among my ruficornis specimens, and it has stood undis- 

 turbed and unregarded above that name in my collection ever since. 



Now, however, Dr. Perkins' paper in the current number of Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. (September) has led me to re-examine all my specimens of 

 so-called ruficornis, and I find not only that the Swanage insect is no 

 ruficornis, but that it belongs to a species hitherto unrecorded from 

 Britain ! This species is described by Schmiedeknecht {Apid. Europ., 

 p. 194), and again diagnosed by him in Hymen. Mitteleurop. (pp. 152 

 and 162) under the name " Dalla-torreana Schmiedkt." He mentions, 



