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\oma<I;t infrequeiis Sm. V- 



Brazil. Peculiar for the extremely coarse sculpture of meso- 

 thorax, which on scutellum becomes a mass of irregular tubercles; 

 b. n. meets t. c. ; third s. m. greatly narrowed above ; wings quite 

 dark. 



Nomada japonica Sm. 9- 



Japan. Looks like our species of Xanthidium. Orbital margins 

 yellow in front and behind ; third antennal joint longer than fourth ; 

 flagelluin all red above and below ; b. n. a short distance basad of 

 t. m. ; second submarginal cell narrowed above; first t. c. broken 

 in the middle on both sides; abdomen of the minutely tessellate 

 type. 



Nomada fervens Sm. 9 (T.). 



Japan. A red and black Nomada s. str. Third antennal joint 

 much shorter than fourth ; b. n. some distance basad of t. m. ; the 

 only yellow on abdomen is a single large transverse spot on fifth 

 dorsal segment. 



Nomada xanthidica n. n. 



Nomada versicolor Sm. (not of Panzer), 9 (T.). Looks like our 

 species of Xanthidium. Third antennal joint a little longer than 

 fourth ; b. n. a fair distance basad of t. m. N. China. 



Nomada lusca Sm. 9 (T)- 



Philippine Islands. Small red species; looks like our Nomada 

 s. str., a form with abdomen tapering at base. Third antennal joint 

 a little longer than fourth ; sides of metathorax with white tomen- 

 tum ; b. n. some distance basad oft. m. 



EPEOL.IIS Latr. sens. lat. 



First two abdominal segments and the scutellum red ; legs red ; punctures of 

 abdomen distinct but minute; silvery area on fifth abdominal segment 

 not very large; antennfe, upper border of prothorax and tubercles 

 red ; tibial spurs pale reddish zonatns Sm. (T.). 



First two abdominal segments not red 1. 



1. First abdominal segment entirely without bands or patches of pubescence; 

 specialized area on fifth segment large; stigma large ; marginal cell 

 broadly rounded, its apex away from the costa ; face covered with 



silvery tomentum (Brazil) nl hi Irons Sm. 9 (T.). 



First abdominal segment with conspicuous bands or patches of pubescence. .2. 



TBANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXXI. (40) AUGUST, 1905. 



