﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  I'ol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  ^^o- 
  ^^ 
  103 
  

  

  finel}- 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  oblique 
  depression 
  under 
  

   the 
  fore 
  wings 
  irregular!}- 
  transversely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metapleuras 
  have 
  a 
  blistered 
  appearance, 
  and 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  h3-aline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  interstitial 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  

   Tegulae 
  fuscous, 
  lighter 
  coloured 
  round 
  the 
  edges. 
  Legs 
  

   piceous 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   coxai 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  some 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   others 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  its 
  sides 
  acutely 
  projecting. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  tardus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  18). 
  

  

  Niger; 
  longc 
  albo-hirtns; 
  tarsis 
  fulvo-hirsntis 
  : 
  metanoto 
  

   rcticulato 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis. 
  ?. 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  closely 
  and 
  somewhat 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  soft 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  piceous 
  

   at 
  the 
  base. 
  Antennee 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  longish 
  

   white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  sparse 
  white 
  down. 
  

   Mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  shining, 
  bearing 
  widely 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  shallow 
  punctures, 
  and, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  post- 
  

   scutellum, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  closely 
  longitudinalh* 
  striated, 
  

   the 
  stria; 
  not 
  all 
  quite 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  striated 
  

   area 
  smooth 
  and 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  

   strongly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  wide 
  furrow 
  

   down 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  sharply 
  and 
  stoutly 
  margined. 
  

   Propleura 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  bluntly 
  triangular 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mesopleurae 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurte 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  alutaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   keels 
  much 
  weaker 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum* 
  

  

  