﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  69 
  

  

  the 
  metapleurae 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  more 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  shorter 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   tibiae 
  being 
  longer 
  and 
  thicker 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  rufous. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  the 
  apex 
  slightly 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cellule 
  

   scarcely 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  costa 
  

   and 
  stigma 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  cellule. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  

   apices 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  dark 
  rufous 
  

   hair. 
  

  

  The 
  antennae 
  in 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  more 
  slender 
  and 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  more 
  thickly 
  pilose 
  than 
  

   usual, 
  e.g., 
  than 
  in 
  N. 
  elliotti. 
  

  

  NOMIA 
  CHRYSOPA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  f. 
  1 
  3.) 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Allahabad 
  {RotJiney). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Key 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  449) 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  new 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  with 
  the 
  abdominal 
  fascia; 
  white 
  ; 
  "£ 
  4 
  . 
  Enclosed 
  

   space 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  median 
  segment, 
  with 
  stout, 
  oblique 
  

   keels," 
  not 
  punctured 
  as 
  in 
  N. 
  oxybeloides, 
  nor 
  obscurely 
  

   transversely 
  striated 
  as 
  in 
  N. 
  rustica. 
  

  

  Head 
  black; 
  from 
  shortly 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  golden 
  pubescence, 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  with 
  longish, 
  white 
  pubescence; 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  

   longish, 
  fuscous 
  hair, 
  longer 
  and 
  paler 
  behind. 
  Front 
  

   and 
  vertex 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  except 
  a 
  small, 
  

   smooth 
  spot 
  outside 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocelli. 
  Mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  

   bearing 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  The 
  scape 
  

  

  