﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  123 
  

   APIDyE. 
  

  

  NOMADA 
  CEYLONICA, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Ferruginca; 
  capitc 
  thoraceqiie 
  late 
  nigro-niacnlatis 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   mine 
  flavo-biniacidato 
  ; 
  alls 
  fuscis, 
  basi 
  fere 
  hyalinis. 
  2. 
  

   Long, 
  fere 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  orbits 
  narrowly, 
  the 
  clj'peus, 
  man- 
  

   dibles 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  face 
  

   more 
  thickly 
  with 
  shorter, 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  shining, 
  impunctate. 
  Antennae 
  rufous 
  ; 
  almost 
  

   bare 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  blackish 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  projecting 
  

   sharply 
  between 
  the 
  antenna;. 
  Thorax 
  ferruginous, 
  

   coarsel}- 
  punctured, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  central 
  and 
  two 
  narrower 
  black 
  continuous 
  

   bands 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  metanotum 
  entirely, 
  the 
  

   propleurae, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  below 
  the 
  

   tegulse, 
  under 
  the 
  wings, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  (but 
  the 
  latter 
  

   with 
  a 
  long 
  ferruginous 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  top), 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   and 
  the 
  sternum, 
  black. 
  The 
  curved 
  furrow 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   the 
  middle 
  coxae 
  is 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  part 
  enclosed 
  by 
  it 
  is 
  

   much 
  less 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  sternum. 
  

   The 
  scutellum 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  and 
  longitudinall}' 
  

   depressed 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   paler 
  colour. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  area 
  almost 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  it 
  

   very 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  rufous, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   coxae, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora, 
  above 
  and 
  beneath, 
  

   and 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi, 
  black. 
  Wings 
  fuscous, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  fuscous, 
  lighter 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  Abdomen 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate; 
  black. 
  The 
  first 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  dull 
  

   ferruginous 
  band 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

  

  