﻿no 
  Cameron, 
  Hymcnopicva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  opaque 
  coarsely 
  alutaceous 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  piceous 
  tinge 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  paler. 
  Wings 
  with 
  a 
  

   faint 
  fulvous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  costa 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   nervures 
  testaceous; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  

   largely 
  bullated 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  received 
  shortly 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   segments 
  edged 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  shining, 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  segments 
  shining, 
  

   very 
  sparsely 
  haired 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  much 
  more 
  quickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  fuscous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  d. 
  Abdomen 
  thickly 
  banded 
  icith 
  fulvuus 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  pulchkiventkis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nii^cr: 
  tarsis 
  albis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fcvc 
  hyalinis, 
  apicc 
  fmnatis. 
  d". 
  

   Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  in 
  front 
  from 
  shortly 
  above 
  the 
  antennse, 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvo-aureous 
  pubescence, 
  which 
  

   completely 
  hides 
  the 
  skin; 
  vertex 
  and 
  front 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  half 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  co\'ered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

   Antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   beneath 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  pale 
  

   fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  A\-ith 
  a 
  microscopic 
  down. 
  

   Thorax 
  black, 
  a 
  thick 
  band 
  of 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  

   pronotum, 
  and 
  a 
  broader 
  belt 
  behind 
  the 
  scutellum 
  of 
  

   longer 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  

   fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  from 
  shorth' 
  below 
  

   the 
  basal 
  area 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

   Mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  short 
  shallow 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  furrow 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  originating 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  basal 
  area 
  

   of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  longitudinally 
  striolated 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  some 
  widely 
  separated 
  punctures 
  

  

  