﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  61 
  

  

  middle, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hair; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  

   the 
  first 
  to 
  fourth 
  segments 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  rich 
  

   fulvous, 
  depressed 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  segments 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  The 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  

   deeply 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  having 
  there 
  a 
  stout 
  

   triangular 
  projection. 
  

  

  NOMIA 
  ERYTHROGASTER, 
  Sp. 
  tlOV. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  IO.) 
  

  

  Long. 
  9-10 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wronghtori). 
  

  

  Comes 
  into 
  Bingham's 
  Section 
  A 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  448). 
  

   " 
  a. 
  Scutellum 
  armed 
  with 
  two 
  spines 
  or 
  teeth 
  posteriorly," 
  

   and 
  " 
  b\ 
  Abdomen 
  beneath 
  and 
  posterior 
  legs 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous," 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  subdivided 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Apex 
  of 
  post-scutellum 
  distinctly 
  bidentate 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  not 
  one-half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  on 
  the 
  

   top. 
  Length, 
  7-8 
  mm. 
  2V. 
  westwoodi. 
  

  

  Apex 
  of 
  post-scutellum 
  not 
  distinctly 
  bidentate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  one-half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   the 
  third 
  on 
  top. 
  Length, 
  10 
  mm. 
  N. 
  erythrogaster. 
  

  

  Head 
  in 
  front 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  ocelli 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair, 
  that 
  over 
  the 
  antennae 
  being 
  much 
  the 
  

   longer 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  closely, 
  but 
  not 
  deeply, 
  punctured. 
  

   Mandibles 
  obscure 
  ferruginous 
  before 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  

   centre 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  keel 
  ; 
  above 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  

   stouter 
  keel 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  antennae. 
  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  

   covered 
  above 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  obscure 
  

   brownish 
  beneath. 
  Mesonotum 
  uniformly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   shallow 
  punctures 
  ; 
  alutaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  base, 
  sides, 
  and 
  apex 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  similarly 
  

   punctured 
  to 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   somewhat 
  larger 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  the 
  middle 
  slightly 
  

   depressed 
  ; 
  post-scutellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  armed 
  with 
  two 
  large, 
  flat, 
  slightly 
  con- 
  

  

  