short-tongued bees of the genus Nomia. 213 
longe ciliatis; femoribus posticis clavatis, tibiis brevibus 
curvatis, sensim dilatatis, apice intus acuminato dilatato. 
Long. corp. lin. 44; expans. alar. antic. lin. 74. 
Habitat in India Orientali, Dukhun, Bombay. In 
Mus. Ind. Orientali Lond. et Smith. 
Pl. LV. fig. 3, Nomia combusta magnified ; 3a, hind leg. 
Nomia iridescens. 
Gracilis, nigra, tenuissime punctatissima, griseo parum 
setosa; post-scutello inermi, abdominis segmentis 2—5 
postice anguste viridi-iridescenti annulatis, pedibus posticis 
maris vix incrassatis. (Mas et fem.) 
Long. corp. lin. 5; expans. alar. antic. lin. 8. 
Habitat in India Orientali. In Mus. Britann. 
A slender species. Upper surface black, and through- 
out very closely but delicately punctured, and but slightly 
clothed with griseous hairs; face with a fine central carina. 
Antenne and mandibles black ; the latter pitchy at the 
tips. Thorax black; the punctures rather larger than 
those of the head. Scutellum and post-scutellum simple. 
Tegule dirty buff, black at the base. Abdomen of the 
male narrow, convex, black, with the transverse impres- 
sions slight, and with fine black hairs, the space between 
the hinder one of each segment and the hind margin 
polished ; the second and three following segments with 
a slender edge of iridescent green. Abdomen beneath 
flattened, pitchy, the scales of the fourth segment pro- 
duced and angulated in the middle, extending nearly to 
the anus, divided longitudinally down the middle. Legs 
black ; tarsi pitchy. Hind femora of the male but slightly 
incrassated, slightly curved; tibize also but slightly in- 
crassated and curved, the outer apical angle rounded off, 
the inner one not produced. Wings slightly stained, the 
tips scarcely darker than the base; veins dark brown, the 
first recurrent vein inserted about the middle of the second 
submarginal cell. 
Female shorter and more robust; legs black, tibiz and 
tarsi clothed with pitchy hairs; abdomen with the band 
on the fifth segment obliterated. 
Nomia punctata, 
Nigra, subnitida, rude punctata, facie et marginibus 
thoracis griseo-setosis, post-scutello spinis duabus armato, 
abdominis segmentis paullo constrictis, segmentis 2—5 
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