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Stigma smaller, the first r. n. joining second s. m. about the 

 middle, the truncation of metathorax broader, and the legs 

 with more red. There is also some resemblance to A", phena- 

 copsis CklL, but that species is larger, and has large strong 

 punctures on the mesothorax, the surface between the punc- 

 tures shining. 



Noiuia ar<yuiia n. sp. — 9. Length about 9 mm. ; black, in- 

 cluding legs ; head, thorax and legs with dense white hair, but this is 

 absent from posterior face of metathorax, while the mesothorax, scu- 

 tellum and postscutellum are densely covered with short orange-fulv- 

 ous pubescence ; sculpture of face hidden by pubescence ; vertex dull, 

 without distinct punctures, shining between the ocelli ; scape long, 

 black ; flagellum short but rather slender, ferruginous at base and apex 

 beneath ; base of metathorax with a narrow transversely striate groove, 

 the strife oblique ; truncation with a large dagger-shaped median de- 

 pression ; tegulfe pale testaceous, the basal half covered with hair ; 

 wings dusky hyaline, the small stigma and the nervures piceous ; sec- 

 ond s. m. small but not narrow, receiving first r. n. a little beyond 

 middle ; tongue very sharp, but short ; hair on inner side of hind tarsi 

 reddish-gray ; abdomen rather shining, with scattered small punc- 

 tures ; hind margins of the first four segments pale reddish testaceous, 

 covered with very broad bands of dense pale ochreous tomentum, that 

 on first very broadly interrupted, or only nearly so ; no bright colored 

 hair at apex. 



Habitat. — Type from Karachi, N. W. India {E. Comber), 

 British Museum. Also taken by Mr. Comber at " Shpali." 

 Resembles A^. scutellata Smith, but hair of face entirely white, 

 nervures dark (testaceous in scutellata) , etc. Also to be 

 compared with A^. albofimbriata Cam., but that has narrow 

 abdominal hair-bands, testaceous stigma, etc. 



Nomia ustula n. sp. — cf. Length about 8' mm. ; black ; the meso- 

 thorax and scutellum covered with very short fulvous hair ; on the 

 mesothorax rather thin, so that the very finely, closely and minutely 

 punctured surface is visible ; on the scutellum very dense and very 

 bright colored. Mandibles pale reddish in middle ; eyes very strongly 

 converging below ; face densely covered with shining very pale yellow- 

 ish hair ; front and vertex finely granular, with thin fulvous hair ; scape 

 covered with long fulvous hair ; third antennal joint somewhat enlarged, 

 bright orange-fulvous beneath except at base ; flagellum broadly black 

 above, ferruginous beneath ; pleura, tubercles and upper edge of pro- 

 thorax with white or almost white hair, postscutellum with light fulv- 

 ous tomentum ; area of metathorax dullish, without evident sculpture, 



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