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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  thickly 
  with 
  depressed, 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  

   the 
  first 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  broadly 
  fulvous-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  segments 
  entirely 
  of 
  that 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  black. 
  

  

  NOMIA 
  MAHRATTA, 
  Sp. 
  710V. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bombay 
  ( 
  Wroaghtori). 
  

  

  In 
  Bingham's 
  table 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  449), 
  this 
  species 
  comes 
  into 
  

   "^ 
  4 
  . 
  Thorax 
  above 
  with 
  thin 
  cinereous 
  pubescence" 
  which 
  

   is 
  now 
  divided 
  into 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Area 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  finely 
  reticulate 
  ; 
  

   the 
  legs 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  cinereous. 
  N. 
  aurata. 
  

  

  2. 
  Area 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  finely 
  longitudinally 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  only 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibia) 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  theventral 
  segments 
  dense, 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  N. 
  mahraita. 
  

  

  Head, 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  antennse, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long, 
  golden 
  hair. 
  The 
  mandibles, 
  before 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  impunctate. 
  Antennse 
  

   rather 
  slender, 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  almost 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joint 
  rufous. 
  Thorax 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   fuscous 
  in 
  colour 
  above, 
  almost 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  opaque, 
  finely 
  rugose, 
  almost 
  transversely 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  shining, 
  bearing 
  shallow, 
  scattered 
  

   punctures, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  post-scutellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence. 
  

   Median 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  abrupt, 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  opaque, 
  

   finely 
  and 
  closely 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  the 
  area 
  not 
  

   clearly 
  limited, 
  and 
  closely 
  longitudinally 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   furrow 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Pro- 
  

   pleurae 
  shining, 
  coarsely 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleune 
  

   at 
  the 
  tubercules 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

  

  