130 Mr. P. Cameron o)i 



APIDiE. 



HaJictus itincrans, n. s. 



Black, thickly covered with Lingish white hair ; the sides and apex 

 of the median segment closely and distinctly reticulated ; the 

 apices of the segments depressed and less strongly punctured than 

 the base i^ . 



Long. 7-8 mm. 



Hah. Barrackpore {Rothney). 



Antennte stout, the flagellum bare, the scape covered with longish 

 AV'hite hair. Vertex shining, sparsely and minutely punctured ; the 

 front is closely, somewhat stronglj- and uniformly punctured ; its 

 lower side, the face and the vertex are thickly covered with white 

 pubescence. Clypeus strongly, but not very closely, punctured, its 

 apex transverse. Mesonotum distinctly, but not very strongly punc- 

 tured and with a narrow furrow on either side towards the apex. 

 Scutellum shining, punctured. The area on the median segment is 

 large and extends to the top of the apical slope ; it is closely, strongly, 

 longitudinally, punctured ; the apical slope and the metapleuree are 

 closely reticulated ; the pleura more closely reticulated, with the 

 reticulations less clearly defined than on the apex. Mesopleurfe 

 rugosely punctured. The apical slope of the median segment is 

 distinctly margined and is furrowed down the middle. Wings clear 

 iyaline, the stigma dark fuscous, the nervures black ; the first re- 

 current nervure is received quite close to the second transverse 

 ■cubital. Legs black, rather thickly covered with white hair ; the hair 

 on the under-side of the tarsi and their spines are rufous ; the spurs 

 are pale rufous. Abdomen closely and distinctly punctured, except 

 on the apices of the segments which are depressed ; the base of the 

 dorsal segments are covered with white hair ; the ventral surface is 

 thickly covered with longer white hair. The base of the last ventral 

 segment is distinctly raised, the raised part forming a semi-circle ; the 

 apex of the segment is transverse. Tegulse black. 



Comes near to H. ciris and H. vishmc, but cannot well 

 be confounded with either. 



HaJictus interstitialis, d. s. 



Black, the apices of the tarsi testaceous, the mesonotum and the 

 scutellum reticulated closely, the base of the median segment more 

 widely and less regularly reticulated, the abdomen impunctate, the 

 base of the second segment with a broad band of grey pubescence ; 

 the front distinctly keeled $ . 



Lent;. 6 mm. 



