﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  59 
  

  

  post-scutellum 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale, 
  fulvous 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  much 
  more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  shorter, 
  

   darker 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  closely 
  and 
  minutely 
  punctured. 
  

   Median 
  segment 
  very 
  shining, 
  the 
  base 
  impunctate, 
  

   the 
  rest 
  with 
  minute, 
  scattered, 
  shallow 
  punctures. 
  Pro- 
  

   pleurae 
  impunctate, 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  

   the 
  mesopleurae 
  covered 
  thickly 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  : 
  the 
  coxae, 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  femora, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  sparsely, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  very 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair, 
  almost 
  hiding 
  the 
  

   colour. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  basal 
  four 
  segments 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  

   fringed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  

   impunctate, 
  clothed 
  with 
  soft, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  penultimate 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  

   large 
  tubercles 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  

   testaceous, 
  the 
  nervures 
  blackish, 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  

   are 
  received 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  

  

  NOMIA 
  AUREOHIRTA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  (PL 
  4, 
  f. 
  7.) 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Had. 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wrongliton). 
  

  

  In 
  Bingham's 
  table 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  448), 
  this 
  species 
  comes 
  into 
  

   b. 
  a? 
  and 
  into 
  a 
  new 
  section 
  Q 
  : 
  — 
  Enclosed 
  space 
  at 
  base 
  

   of 
  median 
  segment 
  transversely 
  striated. 
  In 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  femora 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  it 
  resembles 
  N.fervida; 
  but 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  is 
  different 
  ; 
  in 
  N.fervida 
  it 
  is 
  broadly 
  

   dilated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   dilatation, 
  but 
  a 
  gradual 
  curve 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex; 
  

   the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  also 
  is 
  straight 
  to 
  the 
  keel, 
  

   while 
  in 
  N.fervida 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  curved 
  inwardly 
  and 
  the 
  

   middle 
  dilated 
  slightly. 
  

  

  