258 STRPHID^. 



femora and tibiae black, both brownish-3'ellow at botli base and 

 tip, the former with greyish-white hair behind, and the latter 

 more extensively covered with similar hair. Hind femora con- 

 siderably incrassate, feneous, covered with grey hair; hind tibiae 

 aeneous, covered with grey hair ; knees and base of hind femora 

 brownish-yellow. Anterior tarsi brownish-yellow with whitish 

 reflections when viewed in certain lights ; hind tarsi brown, the 

 metatarsi much enlarged, black, with yellowish-grey hair above and 

 rich golden-brown pubescence below. Wings nearly clear ; stigma 

 pale brownish-yellow ; halteres pale brownish-yellow. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Described from one S and one $ (types oE haUcfifonnis) from 

 Puri, Orissa Coast, 1-5. viii. 1910 (Annandale). Also Coimbatore, 

 S. India, 2000 ft., 8. viii. 1912; 18. viii. 1912 ; 19. ix. 1913; 

 17. iv. 1913; Kangra Valley, 4500 ft., iv. 1899. 



Ti/pe ( c5' ) of alhifrons in British Museum, without data; tyjyes 

 of halictiformis ( cT $ ) in Indian Museum. The 6 type of Tialicti- 

 formis agrees exactly with Walker's type, which is in good con- 

 dition. 



200. Eumerus halictoides, Bnm. (PI. VI, fig. 5.) 



humerus halictoides, Brunetti, Eec. Ind. Mus. xi, p. 242 (1915). 



c? 5 . Very near alhifrons, V,''alk., but certainly distinct. The 

 differences are as follows : — Eyes with grey pubescence in $; 

 the frontal triangle in the c? is distinctly yellow, with ^''ellow 

 hairs, in complete contrast to the whitish face. The 3rd antennal 

 joint is nearly oblong, rounded abov^e at the tip, instead of being 

 broadly truncate ; the thorax is a little, but obviously, cupreous, 

 with two widely separated whitish dorsal lines ; the hind margin of 

 the scutellum is concolorous. The hind metatarsus is not greatly 

 thicker than the rest of the hind tarsus and is longer proportionately 

 than in halictiformis, in which the hind metatarsus is twice as broad 

 as the other joints, and apparently flatter; lastly tlietibise and the 

 tarsi are nearly wholly black except for the reddish-brown under 

 side of the hind tarsi. The species is also slightly larger and 

 more robust. 



Length, 5-6 mm. 



Described from a type d * from Darjiling, 2. x. 1908 [Brunetti), 

 and a type $ from Simla, 9. v. 1909 (Annandale); both iu the 

 Indian Museum, 



201. Eumerus pulverulentus, sp. nov. (PL VI, fig. 6.) 



S $ . Whole body black (excepting the aeneous-green scutellum), 

 distinctly punctate, very slightly shining. Bead: eyes in d nar- 

 rowly separated at their angular point of nearest approach ; bare 

 except for a little vezy sparse pubescence on lower part ; front 

 facets much larger than the rest. Vertical triangle very large, 



* Of which the head is now missing. 



