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  Cameron, 
  Hyincnopicya 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  and 
  closel}' 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  

   the 
  metapleurse 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  finel}- 
  

   striated. 
  Legs, 
  especially 
  the 
  hinder, 
  thickl}- 
  covered 
  

   with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  with 
  the 
  hairs 
  longer 
  

   and 
  much 
  sparser 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  femora 
  beneath 
  glabrous, 
  

   shining, 
  black; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  ferruginous 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Wings 
  

   clear 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  yellowish-testa- 
  

   ceous, 
  the 
  stigma 
  darker 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  

   the 
  top 
  somewhat 
  shorter, 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  

   to 
  the 
  third 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  which 
  is 
  there 
  scarcely 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  bottom; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  

   almost 
  interstitial 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  received 
  near 
  the 
  apical 
  

   third. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  bluish-green 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  very 
  thickly 
  

   with 
  longer 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  furrow 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre. 
  Ventral 
  segments 
  shining, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  discursus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  H. 
  propiiiquus 
  Sm., 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  

   from 
  it 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size, 
  b}' 
  the 
  thorax 
  not 
  being 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  deep, 
  wide, 
  

   longitudinal 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  ; 
  and 
  

   by 
  having 
  a 
  short 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesonotum. 
  

  

  Bluish-green, 
  metallic, 
  shining, 
  the 
  knees, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  wings 
  clear 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  

   nervures 
  pallid, 
  the 
  stigma 
  somewhat 
  darker. 
  The 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  bronzy 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  is 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  and 
  trophi 
  tes- 
  

   taceous 
  ; 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  microscopic 
  pile. 
  

   The 
  area 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  finelv 
  and 
  

  

  