432 AP1D.5. 



pulwscence sordid white, on the posterior lei^s fulvous ; wings 

 t'usco-hy aline, nervures and tegulse castaneons brown. 

 Hob. Karen Hills. $ . Length 8 ; exp. 15 mm. 



749. Halictus cameronii, nom. nov. 



llalictus decorus, Cam. {nee Walk.) Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 

 1897. 



5 . Head and thorax thinly pubescent, finely punctured ; abdo- 

 men impunctate, with a thin fine pubescence, especially on the 

 apical segments ; median segment short, the enclosed semicircular 

 space at base punctured, the apex truncate, slightly rugose, \A-ith 

 an obscure abbreviated vertical carina ; abdomen broad, subcordate, 

 the basal segments smooth and polished. Black, tlie basal three 

 segments of the abdomen red, legs dark fuscous red ; autennJB 

 fulvous at apex below ; pubescence on the head, thorax, and 

 abdomen glittering white ; wings hyaline, nervures brown, tegulae 

 light testaceous. 



Hub. Mussooree. $ . Length 5 ; exp. 11 mm. 



*750. Halictus xanthognathus, Smith, Cat. i, p. 62, S ; Dall Torr. 

 Cat. X, p. 91. 



" S • Length Q\ lines (=about 8 mm.). Head and thorax black, 

 very closely and moderately punctured, the face thickly covered 

 with short white pubescence ; the apex of the clypeus, the labrum, 

 mandibles, palpi, and flagellum beneath yellow ; the tubercles, 

 tegulse, tibiae, and tarsi yellow ; the posterior and intermediate 

 tibise have a ferruginous stain in front ; wings subhyaliue, nervures 

 pale ferj-uginous ; the three basal segments of the abdomen red ; 

 the 1st segment is black at the sides of the extreme base, and has 

 two fuscous spots above ; the 2nd and 3rd segments at the sides 

 have a black spot ; the 4th and following segments black, the 

 apical margins pale testaceous, each successive one more broadly so. 



" Hah. Northern India (coll. J. S. Baly)." 



Unknown to me, but, to judge by the description, closely resem- 

 bling some species of Nomia. 



751. Halictus wroughtoni. Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



$ . Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen pubescent, the 

 back of the head and thorax densely so, the 

 pubescence on the head short, on the thorax 

 and basal segment of the abdomen soft and 

 long ; head, where the surface is visible under 

 the pubescence, sparsely, and the thorax more 

 closely punctured ; base of the median seg- 

 ment finely punctured, abdomen with the 

 basal segments glabrous. Black ; the apex of 

 Fig. 136. the clypeus, the apical joints of the tarsi, and 



Halicttis wrovghtoni, the posterior margins of abdominal segments 

 c?- T- i_4 whitish with a testaceous tinge; basal 



segment and basal half of the 2ud segment of the abdomen red ; 



