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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  Le^s 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  coxa; 
  and 
  femora 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   lonjj^ 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  much 
  more 
  thickly 
  

   with 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  having 
  a 
  deeper 
  

   fulvous 
  tint 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  tibice 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  fulvous. 
  

   Win^s 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  stigma 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   latter 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  at 
  

   the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  Abdomen 
  

   impunctate, 
  shining, 
  shagreened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  covered 
  wath 
  long 
  erect 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments, 
  except 
  the 
  last, 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   depressed 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  stiff 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  area 
  fringed 
  with 
  golden 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hairs. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  funebris, 
  .s^. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  2. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  agrees 
  w 
  ith 
  H. 
  tardus 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   notum 
  strongly 
  striolated 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   tarsi 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  at 
  once 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   not 
  being 
  reticulated, 
  and 
  having 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  oblique 
  stout 
  

   keels. 
  

  

  Head 
  shagreened, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   piceous 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  bearing 
  beneath 
  a 
  few 
  fulvous 
  

   hairs. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  bare, 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  long 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  shagreened, 
  opaque 
  ; 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  furrows 
  distinct 
  ; 
  covered, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  scu- 
  

   tellum, 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  rough 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  the 
  apex 
  irregularly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  longitudinally 
  closely 
  and 
  stoutly 
  

   carinated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  keel, 
  from 
  which 
  run 
  

   a 
  few 
  oblique 
  keels. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  

  

  