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and tibiae inside of the posterior legs, and subapical transverse 

 bands on abdominal segments 1-6 yellow ; the clypeus, face, 

 cheeks, sides of the median segment, aud the coxoe covered with a 

 short silvery-white pubescence ; antennae fulvous beneath ; wmga 

 hyaline and iridescent. 



Hob. Northern India. S • Length 12 ; exp. 22 mm. 



820. Nomada lusca, Smith, Cat. ii, p. 243, $ ; Dull. Ton: Cat. x, 



p. 356 ; Bingh, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 455. 



2 . Head and thorax finely and very densely punctured, 

 abdomen smooth and shining ; clypeus flat, transverse anteriorly ; 

 median segment depressed, not very steeply sloped, the space at 

 base obliquely striate. Ferruginous brown, the basal abdominal 

 segment subpetiolate, with a black spot on each side ; wings f usco- 

 hyaline, darkest along their apical margins. 



Var. A transverse yellow band or two contiguous yellow spots 

 across the middle of the 1st and along the basal margin of the 

 2nd abdominal segment. 



iTai. Sikliim ; Tenasserim; Ceylon; Philippines. 2 • Lenr/tJi 7; 

 exp. 14 mm. The variety described above is the common Indian 

 form, and seems to be the link between the unicolorous Philippine 

 insect aud the Indian N. adusta, Smith. 



821. Nomada adusta, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1875, p. 50, $ J ; I>aU- 



Torr. Cat. x, p. 335. 

 Nomada subpetiolata, Smith, New Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 99, ^ • 



2 . Head and thorax densely punctured, giving them a granular 

 appearance ; basal abdominal segment smooth and pohshed, 2nd and 

 following segments minutely and densely punctured, broadly along 

 their base; the clypeus flat, transverse anteriorly, the sides rounded; 

 an obscure short medial vertical carina beween the bases of the 

 antennae ; median segment rounded posteriorly and steep, the 

 space at base densely and somewhat coarsely punctured ; the punc- 

 tures running into oblique striae. 

 Ferruginous ; the clypeus and 

 sides of the face nearly to the 

 top of the eyes, the scape of 

 the antennre in front, a line on 

 the collar, the tubercles, tegulae, 

 scutellum, postscutellum, a 

 large spot on each side at base 

 of 2nd abdominal segment, 

 sometimes forming a subinter- 

 rupted broad fascia, a fascia at 

 Fig. \b\.-No-.nada adusta, S- \ base of 3rd, and two contiguous 



spots at base of 4tli segment, 

 yellow; the basal abdominal segment with a black spot on each side; 

 the face, sides of the thorax and of the median segment, and the 6th 

 abdominal segment with a thin silvery-white pubescence ; wings 

 hyaline, fuscous at their apical margins. 



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