450 APiD^. 



c? . This is closely allied to N. elUotii, and like that species 

 has the posterior lateral angles of the scutelliini tuberculate and 

 the postscutelkun armed with two teeth ; but it is constantly- 

 smaller, the posterior femora and tibiae are proportionately 

 not so swollen and thicif, and the inner angle of the apex 

 of the latter is produced and rounded, not forming a flat 

 sharply truncate process as in JV. elliotn. In colour, too, N. rvest- 

 woodii differs in having the abdomen beneath and the posterior 

 legs pale rufo-testaceous. 



Bab. Bengal, d . Length 8 ; eay. 15 mm. 



791. Nomia chalybeata, >SWf/?, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 59, ^S, 



pi. ii, ti<j-. o, (S ; DctU. Torr, Cut. x, p. 165. 



2 ■ Head above, thorax, and abdomen very finely and closely 

 punctured ; clypeus more coarsely rugose, convex, transverse 

 anteriorly, with a medial vertical carina ; median segment very 

 short, vertical, and rounded posteriorly, a hollow space along the 

 base, above coarsely longitudinally rugose. Black ; the legs and 

 the apical ten joints of the flagellum of the antennte beneath rufo- 

 fulvous ; the pubescence on the face and cheeks griseous with a 

 yellowish tint, on the thorax and legs rich rufo-fulvous, on the 

 abdomen above very sparse, erect, and black, on the abdomen 

 beneath more or less fulvous ; abdominal segments 2-4 with broad 

 blue-green fasciae on their apical margins. 



cJ similar ; abdominal segments 2-5 with blue-green fasciae, the 

 posterior femora incrassate, the tibiae curved and produced at their 

 apices into blunt, apically-truncated, thin processes of a pale 

 testaceous colour. Wings in both sexes flavo-hyaline, very slightly 

 fuscous along their apical margins. 



Ilab. China ; Tenasserim. 5 d . Lewjtli 12-15 ; eccp. 24—28 mm. 



792. Nomia curvipes, Fabr. Enl. Syst. ii, p. .310, S ; Smith, Trans. 



Ent. Sue. 1875, p. 42, 2d, pl- i, tig. 8 ; Dall. Torr. Cat. x, 

 p. 165. 



5 . Head and abdomen lightly but closely, thorax densely and 

 more coarsely punctured ; clypeus slightly convex, transverse 

 anteriorly; median segment somewhat coarsely punctured, rounded 

 at the sides, the apex concavo-truncate ; the narrow space along 

 the base coarsely longitudiually striate. Black, the antennae and 

 legs testaceous brown, the scape of the former pale, the front and 

 legs covered with pale glittering pubescence, the thorax and median 

 segment with dense f ulvo-ferrugiuous pubescence ; the apical 

 margins of abdominal segments 1-4 bright greenish yellow, smooth 

 and shining ; wings fulvo-hyaliue, fuscous along their apical 

 margins, nervures and tegulae rufo-piceous. 



(J similar ; the posterior femora immensely swollen, the tibiae 

 broadened towards the inner side, produced into an acute angle ; 

 abdomen with the apical margin of the 5th segment also broadly 



