﻿io8 
  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnoptcra 
  Ovicntalia. 
  

  

  Head 
  below 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  antenna; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hairs, 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  more 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  opaque, 
  

   coarsely 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  labrum 
  

   yellowish-white 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  

   antenna; 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  

   black 
  above, 
  brownish 
  beneath. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  

   shagreened, 
  bearing 
  a 
  short 
  pale 
  down 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  furrow 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  at 
  the 
  

   side 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  uniformly 
  shagreened 
  like 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  ; 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  rugose, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  

   hairs. 
  The 
  curved 
  basal 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   shining, 
  irregularly 
  longitudinally 
  carinate, 
  the 
  keels 
  less 
  

   distinct 
  in 
  its 
  centre. 
  The 
  pleurae 
  closely 
  longitudinally 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  below 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  propleura; 
  and 
  the 
  pronotum 
  in 
  

   front 
  shining, 
  glabrous, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  and 
  sharply 
  separated 
  

   obliquely 
  perpendicularly 
  behind. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline, 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  cubital 
  

   cellules 
  almost 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  at 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  ; 
  the 
  

   first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  almost 
  interstitial 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  and 
  without 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  furrow; 
  

   the 
  segments 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  depressed 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  bearing 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   penultimate 
  segment 
  shining 
  and 
  smooth 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  alphenus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigyo-caruleus 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  nigra; 
  fcuwrihus 
  subtus 
  piccis 
  ; 
  

   pedibiis 
  longe 
  albo-fumath. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  6 
  — 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  blue; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  black. 
  Head 
  

   obscurely 
  shagreened, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  piceous. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  

  

  