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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnoptcva 
  Orioitalia. 
  

  

  golden 
  hairs. 
  Abdomen 
  shining", 
  black, 
  the 
  basal 
  sep^ment 
  

   reddish, 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs, 
  deeply 
  and 
  

   widely 
  incised 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  like 
  the 
  

   dorsal. 
  The 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  almost 
  interstitial, 
  

   received 
  immediately 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervure 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  

  

  b. 
  Green 
  or 
  blue 
  species. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  grandiceps, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Cupreo-viridis, 
  longe 
  alba-hirsutus 
  ; 
  antcnnh 
  uif^ris 
  ; 
  alis 
  

   flavo-hyalinis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  8 
  — 
  g 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  large, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  coppery 
  green, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  closely 
  and 
  

   uniforml}- 
  punctured 
  ; 
  except 
  above, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   where 
  the 
  punctures 
  are 
  more 
  widely 
  separated; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  copper}- 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  golden 
  

   hairs. 
  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  very 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  micro- 
  

   scopic 
  pile. 
  Thorax 
  above 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  wider 
  apart 
  and 
  larger 
  on 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  sparse 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  long 
  

   and 
  thick 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  depressed, 
  

   finely 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  this 
  part 
  in 
  front 
  being 
  

   bordered 
  by 
  a 
  shining, 
  smooth, 
  glabrous 
  space 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  an 
  elongated 
  deep 
  depression 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  into 
  which 
  run 
  two 
  shallow 
  curved 
  furrows 
  

   from 
  the 
  top, 
  which 
  enclose 
  a 
  triangle 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Pleurae 
  

   closely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  enclosed 
  space 
  below 
  

   strongly, 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  at 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  strongly 
  

   transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   at 
  the 
  bottom 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  finely 
  longitudinally 
  striated. 
  

   The 
  four 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  whiter 
  and 
  sparser 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  pale 
  fulvous. 
  Wings 
  

  

  