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  Cameron, 
  Hyincnoplcra 
  Ovicntalia. 
  

  

  tared 
  as 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  stoutly 
  

   reticulated 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  oblique 
  shining, 
  not 
  reticulated. 
  

   Propleurae 
  smooth, 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  some 
  longitu- 
  

   dinal 
  keels 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  woolly 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesopleura; 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured; 
  the 
  metapleura; 
  

   with 
  an 
  oblique 
  smooth 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  apex 
  coarsely 
  punctured. 
  Legs 
  obscure 
  piceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  femora 
  darker 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

   Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  cubital 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   cellule. 
  The 
  basal 
  three 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   rufous, 
  widel}' 
  suffused 
  with 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  segments 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  coloured 
  like 
  the 
  dorsal. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  projecting 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  third 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Siylopidcr,. 
  

   probably 
  a 
  Halictophagiis. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  invidus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nin;cr; 
  ihorace 
  fovtitcr 
  punctato 
  ; 
  uietanoto 
  reticulata 
  ; 
  

   abdoi>iinis 
  medio 
  fcrrugineo 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  apice 
  fere 
  fumatis. 
  

   2. 
  Long. 
  7 
  — 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  rugosely 
  punctured; 
  below 
  the 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  more 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longer 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Mandibles 
  

   piceous 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  underneath 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  long 
  golden 
  

   hairs. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   longish 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  dilated 
  

   broadly 
  beneath 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  bearing 
  a 
  white 
  

   microscopic 
  pile. 
  Thorax 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  larger 
  and 
  

   more 
  widely 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   with 
  stout 
  longitudinal 
  keels, 
  irregular 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  