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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptcya 
  Oriental 
  in. 
  

  

  tudinal 
  stride 
  narrowed 
  j:^raduall}' 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  obhque 
  slope, 
  hollowed 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre, 
  the 
  sides 
  distinctly 
  bordered 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  

   sternum 
  alutaceous, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  thickh' 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  four 
  legs 
  less 
  strongly 
  and 
  thickly 
  haired 
  ; 
  the 
  

   femora 
  bare 
  and 
  shining 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   have 
  a 
  more 
  fulvous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  rufous. 
  

   Wings 
  clear 
  h3-aline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  

   paler; 
  the 
  costa 
  darker; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  almost 
  

   interstitial 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  

   the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  tegulas 
  black, 
  piceous 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  

   segment 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  to 
  fifth 
  segments 
  bordered 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  white 
  

   depressed 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  finely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  laterally 
  ; 
  the 
  rima 
  aciculate, 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hairs, 
  shining, 
  the 
  

   basal 
  segments 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  piceous. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  picipes. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  nitidus; 
  pcdihus 
  piceis; 
  capite 
  thoraccque 
  long 
  albo- 
  

   hirtis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis 
  ; 
  (S 
  flagello 
  mitennaruvi 
  snhtus 
  bronneo, 
  

   2. 
  Long. 
  6 
  — 
  7 
  mm. 
  

   '. 
  Hah. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  alutaceous, 
  thickl}- 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  

   hairs, 
  which 
  are 
  shorter, 
  sparser, 
  and 
  darker 
  coloured 
  on 
  

   the 
  \-ertex. 
  Mandibles 
  piceous 
  before 
  the 
  teeth. 
  Antennse 
  

   stout, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  beneath, 
  brownish, 
  darker 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hairs; 
  post 
  scutellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  down 
  and 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Base 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  irregularly 
  longitudinally 
  keeled 
  ; 
  those 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  being 
  wider 
  apart 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  abrupt 
  

   oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  hollowed 
  

   widely 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleur^e 
  closely 
  and 
  

  

  