56) ~ “Mrk. sf descriptions of new species of 
segments of the abdomen pale testaceous, and covered 
with yellowish-white tomentum. Wings hyaline, faintly 
clouded at their apex, the nervures rufo-testaceous, with 
their tegulz pale. 
Hab.—India (the Deccan). 
5. Nomia combusta. (PI. II. fig. 9, ¢.) 
Male.—Length 43 lines. Black: the face with golden 
pubescence ; . the legs and antennz pale ferruginous; the 
tarsi yellowish. The. anterior margin of the “thorax and 
the post-scutellum with yellowish- white tomentum ; that 
on the scutellum, lateral and posterior margin of the 
mesothorax is fulvous; wings fulv o-hyaline, the nervures 
rufo-testaceous ; their apical margins faintly clouded; the 
posterior femora much swollen, and with a minute tooth 
beneath; the tibize much dilated at their apex, and pro- 
duced into an acute process. Abdomen narrowed to its 
base; the apical margins of the segments with pale- 
fulvous, rather broad pubescent fascize. 
Hab.—Bombay. 
This species is remarkable in having its anterior tarsi 
fringed behind with bright pale-fulvous pubescence. 
6. Nomia pilipes. 
Female.—Leneth 3? lines. Head and thorax black ; 
abdomen ferruginous. Head, thorax and legs densely 
clothed with short cinereous pubescence, that on the 
thorax above is ochraceous; the flagellum of the antennz 
beneath, and the apical joints of the tarsi, ferruginous ; 
the mandibles ferruginous at their apex. The wings 
hyaline and iridescent; the nervures testaceous; the costal 
nerve and the stigma fuscous. The apical margins of the 
seoments of the abdomen with white pubescent fascia, 
that on the basal segment being the narrowest. 
ITab.—Northern India. 
*7, Nomia terminata. 
Female.— Length 53 lines. Black: wings fulvo-hyaline, 
with a dark-fuscous cloud at the apex of the anterior pair 
extending from the apex of the marginal cell. Head and 
thorax very closely punctured, the ly peus more coarsely 
so; the flagellum, except the three basal joints, fulvous 
beneath. ‘The entire pubescence fulyous; the tegule of 
