434 APIDJE. 



similar but shorter pubescence ; the anterior tibiae in front, the 

 intermediate pair at their apex beneath, and the cLaw-joint of the 

 tarsi ferruginous ; wings subhyaliue, the apical margins clouded, 

 nervures ferruginous. Abdomen elongate, the apical margins of 

 the segments have a fringe of white pubescence, more or less 

 interrupted in the middle ; the apical segment has laterally a tuft 

 of fuscous pubescence ; beneath, all the margins fringed with short 

 white pubescence. 



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



755. Halictus garrulus, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Fit. Soc. xli, 1897. 



c? , Head and thorax finelj' and closely, and abdomen sparsely 

 punctured, the clypeus and front of the face densely and the 

 thorax more sparsely pubescent ; abdomen with the posterior 

 margins of segments 1-6 \A"ith a transverse pubescent baud (in the 

 tvpe more or less completely abraded) ; the head from the front 

 almost circular ; the thoi'ax very compact, globular, the enclosed 

 space at the base of the median segment pubescent, coarsel)^ punc- 

 tured. Black, the pubescence white with a fulvous tint, the 

 flagellum of the antennae beneath castaneous, the tibiae and tarsi 

 and the posterior margins of the abdominal segments under the 

 pubescent bands testaceous ; wings hyaline, nervures and tegulae 

 pale testaceous. 



Hah. Mussooree. J • Length 7 ; exp. 14 mm. Type in coll. 

 Eothney. 



756. Halictus constrictus, Smith, Cat. i, p. 63, J • 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen very closely and finely punctured, 

 on the scutellum the punctures are somewhat sparse, and on the 

 abdomen very shallow ; head in front elongate ; clypeus much 

 produced, truncate anteriorly ; eyes wide apart, the inner orbits 

 nearly parallel ; front not carinate ; antennae massive, as long as 

 head and thorax united ; median segment roundly truncate poste- 

 riorly, the lunate concavity as well as the sides punctured, with a 

 granular appearance ; abdomen elongate, longer than the head and 

 thorax united. Black, the pubescence on the head and thorax 

 M bite, tinged vAi\i fulvous, on the legs pale and glittering ; the 

 tibite and tarsi of the anterior, and the apices of the tibiae and 

 tarsi of the intermediate and posterior legs fulvo-ferruginous ; the 

 base of abdominal segments 2-5 with narrow transverse bands of 

 white pubescence ; wings broad and ample, hyaline and iridescent, 

 nervures and tegulae dark testaceous. 



Hah. Northern India (Smith), d . Length 7-8 ; exj). 20 mm. 



757. Halictus fimhriatellus, Vachal, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2') xiv, 

 1894, p. 429, 2 . 



$ . Head and thorax minutely and somewhat closely, abdomen 

 more sparsely punctured, the basal segment smooth and shining ; 



