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cheeks, a broad transverse baud on the mesonotura anteriorly, a 

 fine line over the teguho, the postscutelkiui, the sides of the 

 thorax and of the median segment, and broad transverse bauds on 

 the apical margins of the lst-(ith abdominal segments covered with 

 dense very short pale fulvous pubescence ; the posterior femora 

 and tibiae swolleu and incrassate, the former each with a tooth on 

 the inside, the latter each with a castaneous spot on the outer and 

 inner side near the base ; wings hyaline, slightly fusceseeut. 



Hah. The Deccan, India. 6 • Lemjth lO ; eajjj. 1« mm. $ un- 

 known. 



807. Nomia oxybeloides, S77uth, Trans. Ent. -Soc. 1875, p. 42, 5 (j'» 



pi. i, ligs. 6, 6 « ; JJall. Ton: Cat. x, p. 168. 



$ . Head densely and finely, thorax more sparsely and coarsely 

 punctured; abdomen shining ; clypeus anteriorly slightly arched, 

 flat; teguhe very large, longer than broad; median segment 

 rounded at the sides, steeply truncate posteriorly and more 

 closely punctured than the mesouotum, the space at base very 

 narrow, w ith a row of single deep coarse punctiu"es ; each of the 

 basal three abdominal segments above with an obscure transversely 

 impressed line. Black ; the apical joints of the tarsi and some- 

 times the whole of the posterior tibise and tarsi testaceous ; the 

 clypeus and head in front, the legs on tfie outside, a hne on the 

 pronotum, the postscutellum, and the margins of the abdominal 

 segments with glittering silvery-white pubescence, the pubescence 

 on the thorax often fulvous. 



d similar, smaller, the pubescence with a fulvous tint ; the 

 posterior femora and tibise much swollen, the inferior apical angle 

 of each of the latter produced into a flat, long process, testaceous 

 w hite in colour, rounded on the outside, the inner border straight ; 

 winga in both sexes hyaline, nervures and tegulae testaceous. 



Huh. Bengal; Bombay; Punjab: Karachi, extending to Aden. 

 § c? • Length 6-5-8 ; exp. 14-lG mm. 



808. Nomia rustica, Westiv. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 214, ^ ; Ball 



Torr. Cat. x, p. 169. 



d . Head finely, thorax minutely and delicately punctured ; 

 abdomen nearly smooth ; the base of the 2nd segment shghtly 

 depressed, very minutely punctured, followed by a row of scattered 

 coarser punctures ; clypeus subconvex, transverse anteriorly ; 

 median segment rounded posteriorly, with a slight medial carina, 

 dividing above and enclosing a space at the base which is obscurely 

 transversely striate. Black ; the face and cheeks with a thin 

 white pubescence ; the flagelhnn of the anteniuc castaneous brown; 

 the thorax above with short griseous pubescence ; the posterior 

 femora slightly swollen, each posterior tibia subtriangular, the 

 inner angle of the apex slightly produced ; the apical margins of 

 abdominal segments 2-5 narrowly whitish; wings tlavo-hyaline, 

 nervures and tegulae dark brown. 



Hah. Ceylon. J , Length 8 ; tw^). 15 mm. 



