242 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. XI, 
two upper ocelli a little below the vertex, and a space lower on 
the frons bearing the 3rd ocellus. Blackish hairs on the frons 
rather thickly placed. Face and the narrow occipital margin 
wholly ash grey-dusted, the former with whitish hair. Antennae 
blackish, 2nd joint wholly and the 3rd joint more or less, dull 
reddish brown on the basal part. 
In the @ the frons is barely narrowed at the vertex, and at 
the level of the antennae is equal to one-fourth the width of the 
head; the lowest ocellus less far removed from the others than in 
the ~. ‘he frons is considerably covered with yellowish grey 
hair. 
Thovrax.—-The general impression of the dorsum is that of a 
bluish grey background with four dark spots, one pair of which 
are more or less rounded ones on the anterior half occupying the 
greater part of the space, with a second pair, produced poste- 
riorly, behind the suture, less in size than the others; whilst 
there are two median narrow black stripes from the anterior mar- 
gin in about the middle. Sides grey with whitish grey hair on 
pleurae; scutellum aeneous with rather thick brownish yellow 
hair. 
Abdomen.—Shining black, with, on each of the 2nd, 3rd and 
4th segments, a pair of diagonally placed grey lunule-like, barely 
curved spots, beginning almost contiguous to one another in the 
middle of the segment near the anterior margin, and extending 
to the posterior corners, which they attain. The whole abdomen 
covered with very short yellow socketed hairs. Belly dark. 
Legs.—Anterior femora and tibiae black, both brownish 
yellow at both base and tip, the former with greyish white hair 
behind, and the latter more extensively covered with similar hair. 
Hind femora considerably incrassated, aeneous, covered with grey 
hair; hind tibiae aeneous, covered with grey hair; knees and 
base of hind femora brownish yellow. Anterior tarsi brownish 
yellow with whitish reflections viewed in certain lights; hind tarsi 
brown, the hind metatarsi much enlarged, black. The hind tarsi 
with yellowish grey hair above and rich golden brown pubescence 
below. 
Wings.—Nearly clear; stigma pale brownish yellow; halteres 
pale brownish yellow. 
Described from one @” and one @ from Puri, Orissa Coast, 
I—5-viii-1o [Annandale]. In the Indian Museum. 
Eumerus halictoides, mihi, sp. nov. 
a7 @ EK, and W. Himalayas. Long. 5—6 mm. 
Very near halictiformis but certainly distinct. The differ- 
ences are as follows :— 
The 3rd antennal joint is rounded above at the tip, instead 
of being broadly truncate; the thorax is a little, but obviously, 
cupreous, with two widely separated whitish dorsal lines; the 
frontal triangle in the @ is distinctly yellow, with yellow hairs, 
