Bees belonging to the genus Nomia of Latreille. 59 
griseous pubescence. ~Thorax finely and closely punc- 
tured above; the margins of the mesothorax and the post- 
scutellum with short, pale, fulvous pubescence, that on the 
legs is still paler, and very bright and glittering; the legs 
rufo-piceous, the tarsi paler ; wings subhyaline, their apical 
margins clouded, the nervures and tegulee rufo-testaceous, 
the stigma pale. Abdomen: the basal segment and apical 
half of the second ferruginous; the apical margin of the 
second and following segments with fasciz of pale-fulvous 
pubescence. 
Hab.— Hong Kong. 
*13. Nomia opposita. 
Female.—Length 43 lines. Black; the head, meso- 
thorax and scutellum very finely and closely punctured ; 
the metathorax coarsely rugose. Head: the front thinly 
covered with cinereous pubescence, the clypeus fringed 
with fulvous hairs at its anterior margin. Thorax: its 
pubescence cinereous, on the tibiz and tarsi exteriorly it 
is fuscous ; wings hyaline and iridescent, faintly clouded 
at their apical margins, the nervures dark fuscous. Abdo- 
men slightly shining, very finely and closely punctured; a 
pale-pubescent, narrow fascia at the basal margins of the 
_second, third and fourth segments. 
HHab.—North China. 
*14, Nomia chalybeata. (PI. II. fig. 5, ?). 
wf 8 
Female.—Length 53 lines. Head and thorax black ; 
the abdomen obscurely chalybeous in the female, and 
brightly so in the male. Head: the front with a thin 
cinereous pubescence, on the cheeks it is more dense; the 
clypeus rough, with confluent punctures, and having a 
longitudinal carina ; the flagellum of the antennz, except 
the first joint, fulvous beneath. Thorax closely punc- 
tured above, and with more or less of fulvous pubescence ; 
the legs have a pale-fulvous, glittering pubescence; the 
apex of the claw-jomts ferruginous; wings subhyaline, 
faintly clouded at the apex of the superior pair, the 
nervures ferruginous. Abdomen closely punctured, most 
strongly so at the base; the second and two following seg- 
ments have a narrow green or blue-green fascia on their 
apical margins; the three terminal segments with short 
black pubescence, which is most dense on the apical one. 
Male.— The same size as the female, the abdomen being 
