34 Mr. F. Smth’s descriptions of new species 
wings; the tongue is conformable to that of the species 
belonging to the genus Nomia, and the posterior legs of the 
males are swollen and curved as in that genus. We are now 
acquainted with five species of bees, the males of which 
have capitate antenne: they are Nomia Kirbii, Sm. ; 
Nomia antennata, Sm.; Thaumatosoma Duboulati, Sm.; 
Tetralonia mirabilis, Sm.; and Cyathocera nodicornis. 
A * is prefixed to the species of which the types are in 
the National Collection. 
CRYPTOCERID. 
Genus Mreranopuus, Smith. 
Meranoplus bicolor, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 
2nd ser. ii. 224, 1,3 (1853) ; 
Cat. Hym. Ins. pt. vi. Formi- 
cid, 193. 
Cryptocerus bicolor, Guér. Icon. Rég. Anim. 425, ¥ 
(1844). (PL f., tga Loerie 
39, 14652045) 
Female.—Length 3} lines. The head, antenne, thorax 
and nodes of the petiole of the abdomen ferruginous. 
Head rugulose, with confluent punctures, which run into 
longitudinal reticulation ; the scape of the antenne slightly 
fuscous above. The thorax with confluent punctures; a 
fuscous spot on the mesothorax anteriorly; also a similar 
lateral spot near the tegule; wings flavo-hyaline ; the 
nervures testaceous; the stigma fuscous; the legs rufo- 
piceous; the tibize and femora darkest. Abdomen thinly 
covered with short pale pubescence, and having a few 
longer hairs intermixed, particularly towards the apex. 
Male.—Length 2 lines. Head and abdomen nigro- 
piceous; the thorax rufo-piceous ; the region of the scu- 
tellum more or less fuscous; the ocelli large, prominent, 
and of a pale glassy brightness; the antennz and legs 
pale testaceous ; wings flavo-hyaline ; nervures and stigma 
pale testaceous ; the abdomen with a very sparing, scattered, 
pale pubescence. 
Hab.—Eden Gardens, Calcutta. 
To Mr. Rothney science is indebted for the discovery 
of the male and female sexes of Meranoplus bicolor. 
With great care and labour they were dug out of the nest 
in the solid ground, but only one of each sex was secured. 
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