438 



ATJ-DJE. 



767. Halictus intricatus, Vachnl, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2*) xiv, 1894, 



p. 433, 2 . 



$ . Head finely and very closely, thorax much more coarsely 

 punctured, abdomen shining impunctate ; clypeus and front pubes- 

 cent ; a distinct, medial, vertical, short carina on the latter; median 

 segment rounded at the sides, abruptly truncate and margined 

 above, the basal area coarsely reticulate above, the sides smooth ; 

 the apical margin of the basal abdominal segment constricted. 

 Black or dark chalybeous brown, the pubescence hoary white, thin 

 and soft on the face, dense on the postscutellum and legs; ab- 

 domen with transverse bands at the bases of the 2nd and 3rd 

 segments of hoary white pubescence, the band on the 2nd segment 

 very fine and narrow in the middle, broadening considerably at the 

 sides, that on the 3rd segment evenly wide at the sides and the 

 middle ; tarsi of the legs testaceous ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 piceous. 



Hah. Palon {Feci)-, Pegu Hills, Burma; Tenasserim. $ . Length 

 6-7"5 ; exp. 12 mm. 



768. Halictus reticulatus, Tachal, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2") xiv, 



1894, p. 434, 2 d. 



5 . Closely resembling H. intricatus : the head is broader below, 

 the mesonotum more finely punctured, the upper basal portion of 

 the median segment broader and not margined, the apex not so 

 abruptly truncate, the pubescence is more fulvous, and the trans- 

 verse bauds at the base of abdominal segments 2-4 less clearly 

 defined. 



S . The head scarcely as wide proportionately as in the $ , 

 the antennaR shorter, the mesonotum more finely punctured, the 

 posterior legs stouter, with the tibiae beneath produced slightly 

 into an angle. 



Hah. Karen Hills ; Momeit, Tipper Burma. $ . Length 6-5 ; 

 exjj. 13 mm. «5 . Length 5 ; e.vp. 12 ram. 



769. Halictus senesceus, Smith, Xew *S)j. Hytn. B. M. p. 30, § . 



5 . Head and thorax sparsely punctured ; abdomen smooth and 

 somewhat shining; head transverse, fiat in front; eyes distinctly 

 convergent beneath; clypeus slightly convex at base, front without 

 a carina : median segment rounded at the apex, the sides vertical, 

 the lunate flat space at base reticulate ; 1st and 2nd abdominal 

 segments with a medial, transverse, slight but distinct furrow 

 above. Black or chalybeous brown ; the clypeus, front, and back 

 of the head, sides of the thorax, legs, base of the abdomen, and the 

 ventral segments thinly covered with hoary pubescence ; the post- 

 scutellum and transverse bands, broadest laterally, at the bases of 

 the abdominal segments 2-4 clothed with dense white pubescence ; 

 tarsi and apical two segments, with the anal rima, testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures and tegulae piceous. 



Hah. Bombay ; Allahabad ; Sikhim ; Burma. $ . Length 8-8-5 ; 

 exp. 14-15 mm. 



