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very coarsely punctured) scutellum, with a long sharp yellowish tooth 

 or spine on each side ; it also has the scape, and flagellum above more 

 or less, infuscated ; the tegulte somewhat larger ; the apical band on 

 first abdominal segment confined to the sides (as in A^. albolobafa, but 

 differently from albolobata, the depressed apical part is conspicuously 

 finely punctured); and the genitalia are different. In A^ flavolobata 

 the lateral pieces, at the sides of apical ventral region of the abdomen, 

 appear as large elongate ferruginous elevations ; in A', savignyi the 

 same place is occupied by small shining piceous tubercles. 



Habitat. — Karachi, N. W. India (£". Comber). British 

 Museum. 

 Nomia savignyi Kohl. 



This species, described from Aden, is to be added to the 

 fauna of India, both sexes having been taken by Mr. Comber 

 at Karachi, May and June, 1909. The female differs from 

 the male in the usual manner ; the scutellum is without the 

 teeth ; the femora are variably ferruginous. 



I give a key for the separation of the Indian species with 

 large tegulse discussed above. 



Males 1. 



Females 5. 



1. Process of hind tibia; small, not reaching middle of basitarsus ; 



small species enecta Ckll. 



Process of hind tibia large 2. 



2. Larger species (about 10 mm.); process of hind tibise primrose 



yellow 3. 



Smaller species; process of hind tibite white 4. 



3. Scutellum with long spines savig'iiyi Kohl. 



Scutellum unarmed flavolobata Ckll. 



4. Hind femora much swollen oxyl)eloi(les Smith. 



Hind femora not greatly swollen albolobata Ckll. 



5. Larger; mesothorax closely punctured savig'iiyi Kohl. 



Smaller ; mesothorax sparsely punctured 6. 



6. Smaller; tegulae cream-color with a dark basal spot. ..enecta Ckll. 



Larger; tegulae orange-fulvous oxybeloides Smith. 



None of these have tegumentary abdominal bands. 



Nomia parcella n. sp. — cf. Length about 6| mm. ; rather slender, 

 with the appearance of male Halicius subhirtus Lep. ; black, the hind 

 margins of the abdominal segments suffusedly rufous ; head broad ; 

 face densely covered with shining pale ocherous hair ; vertex dull, 

 closely and finely punctured, but area around middle ocellus shining; 

 .scape very dark brown ; flagellum long and thick, pale dull ferrugin- 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SCO. , XXXVII. 



