456 APiD^. 



804. Nomia combusta, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 56, pi. ii, 



iig. !•, (S leg ; I)(iU. Ton: Cat. x, p. IGo. 



J. Head above coarsely and closely punctured ; thoi'ax covered 

 Avith a very short dense pubescence ; abdominal segments 1-5 

 bare and opaque in the middle, with a few fine punctures ; clypeus 

 rounded anteriorly ; median segment truncate posteriorly, the 

 sides rounded, slightl}^ convergent posteriorly, and punctured, the 

 space at base concave and punctured ; abdomen uarroned towards 

 the base. Intense black, the antennae and legs rufo-testaceous ; 

 the posterior femora givatly swollen and toothed at the apex 

 internally ; each tibia broadened towards apex, the inner angle at 

 apex produced ; the clypeus and front, the cheeks, the pronotum 

 posteriorly, a spot behind each of the tegnlse, the postscutellum, the 

 sides of the thorax and of the median segment, and the broad 

 apical margins of abdominal segments 1-6 covered with dense short 

 glistening golden pubescence ; the scutelhun and the bases of 

 abdominal segments 1-3 covered with dense ferruginovis pile ; the 

 pubescence on the legs sparse, forming a broad pale fringe to the 

 anterior tarsi; wings fulvo-hyaline, nervures rufo-testaceous. 

 Jjfab. Bombay. <S . Lewjth 11-13 ; exj). 21-22 mm. 



805. Nomia clypeata, SmM^ Trans. Eut. Soc. 1875, p. 54, S , pi. ii, 



tig. 18 ; Ball. Torr. Cat. x, p. 165. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen fineiy and closely punctured ; 

 clypeus slightly produced, transverse anteriorly ; median segment 

 rounded and steep posteriorly, depressed much below the level of 

 the postscutellum, the space at base very wide, concave, and very 

 coarsely punctured ; the apical margins of the segments of the 

 abdomen depressed. Black ; the apex of the clypeus, the man- 

 dibles, and flagellum of the antenna; ferruginous ; the apical margins 

 of the abdominal segments rufo-piceous ; the face below the 

 aiitennaj and the postscutellum covered v^ith white pubescence ; 

 the mesonotum and transverse fascise on the apical margins of 

 abdominal segments 1-5 and the whole of the 6th segment above 

 covered with pale fulvous pubescence ; the posterior femora slightly 

 swollen ; the posterior tibia> svibtriangular, the apex of each on the 

 inside slightly produced and rounded ; -^liugs hj^aline and iri- 

 descent, nervures and tegulse rufo-piceous. 



Bab. Bengal ; Burma, d . Lencjth 8 ; ex^). 15 mm. 



806. Nomia fervida, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 55, (S , pl- ii, 



Iig. 12 ; Dull. Tor. Cat. x, p. lOti. 



6 • Head on the vertex, thorax, and abdomen closely and 

 finely punctured, opaque ; clypeus very slightly convex, rounded 

 anteriorly ; median segment truncate posteriorly, the sides slightly 

 compressed, the space at base moderately wide, coarsely reticulate. 

 Black, the antenna) fulvous; the femora beneath, the tibia) and 

 tarsi yellow ; the clypeus and front up to the anterior ocellus, the 



