NOMIA. 455 



d" similar : a deep constriction above between tlie 1st and 2nd 

 abdominal segments ; the antennae testaceous, the apical joint 

 dilated, round and flat ; the posterior femora and tibi;e incrassate, 

 the latter curved on the inside and each bearing at apex a blunt 

 recurved tooth. 



Eah. Bombay. 5 S- Lenr/th 14-15 ; ^.rp, 22-23 mm. 



1 have been unable to find any difference, except in the colour 

 of the pubescence, between N. antennata and N. syl-esiana ; there 

 is only one specimeu labelled " sijlcesiana " in the British Museum, 

 and that is so old and faded that it is impossible to make out 

 whether the original colour of the pubescence was fulvous or 

 white. 



802. Nomia aurifrons, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 43, $ ; Dall. 



Ton: Cat. x, p. 1C>4. 



2 . Head densely and finely, thorax minutely punctured; abdo- 

 men almost impunctate, slightly shining ; clypeus transverse, 

 convex, broadly arched anteriorly ; median segment very short, 

 broad and steep, the space at base very narro\\', coarsely longi- 

 tudinally rugose ; abdomen oval, massive, convex above. Black ; 

 the legs testaceous, the coxoq and femora often rufo-testaceous ; 

 the clypeus, front, cheeks, and occiput with pale golden pubescence ; 

 the thorax, legs, and apical margins of abdominal segments 1-5 

 with pale yellowish pubescence, very bright and glittering on the 

 legs ; the margins of the segments under the pubescence pale 

 testaceous ; the flagellum of each antenna beneath and at apex 

 fulvous ; wings hyaline, sometimes light flavo-hyaline, with a 

 very pale fuscescent cloud at apex of the fore wing. 



Hah. Bengal; iSylhet ; Burma; Tenasserim. 5 . Zeur/^/i 8-10 ; 

 ex^). 19-20 mm, 



803. Nomia capitata, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 187 5, p. 54, cT ; Dull. 



Torr. Cat. x, p. 164. 



d" . Head, thorax, and abdomen somewhat closel}' and finely 

 punctured, pubescent; clypeus subporrect, very widely emarginale; 

 median segment rather long, rounded, and steeply sloped pos- 

 teriorly, the space at base coarsely punctured ; abdouien ovate, the 

 apical margin of the basal segment slightly constricted. Black; 

 the head in front, the thorax on the sides and on the scutellum, 

 and transverse fasciae on the apical margins of abdominal segments 

 1-5 with pale fulvous pubescence, the pubescence on the median 

 segment and beneath cinereous ; the mandibles, the flagellum of the 

 antennas, and the legs pale ferruginous, the apex of the flagellum 

 rufo-piceous ; the posterior femora not swollen, the iimer sides of 

 the posterior tibiae at apex only slightly produced ; Avings hyaline 

 and iridescent. 



Jfah. Northern India; Ceylon (Green). J. Length 5; e.vj). 

 9 mm. 



