214 Mr. J nol Westwood’s descriptions of 
margine postico tenui viridi; pedibus nigris, femoribus 
posticis maris incrassatis curvatis, tibiis curvatis, com- 
pressis, apice interno intus producto, et oblique truncato ; 
alis limpidis. (Mas et fem.) 
Long. corp. lin. 5; expans. alar. lin. 8. 
Habitat in China. In Mus. Britann. 
Black, strongly punctured on the upper side; face and 
sides of the thorax sparingly clothed with fine grey hairs. 
Antenne black, terminal joimt pitchy. Thorax above 
black, strongly punctured, the entire margins sparingly 
clothed with grey hairs; mesonotum with a fine, central, 
simple impressed line down the centre and a shorter one on 
each side of it in front, and an abbreviated one on each 
side, close to the tegule ; scutellum on each side produced 
into a small angulated tubercle; post-scutellum armed 
with two reflexed spines; abdomen black, shining, dorsal 
segments with a deep transverse impression, the basal por- 
tion of each strongly punctured, the hinder portion smooth 
and polished, finely setose; the 2nd and three following 
segments marked with a slender, green-blue, transverse 
fascia; tegule black, glossy, with a slender whitish mar- 
gin; legs black; tarsi pitchy, sparingly clothed with 
ereyish-buff sete ; the basal joint of the tarsi more thickly 
setose ; hind femur of the male incrassated, very gibbose 
on the upper side in the middle, slightly concave beneath ; 
hind tibie elongate, triangular, roundly curved along the 
outer edge, the inner one str aighter, the inner angle pitchy - 
red and considerably produced, and obliquely truncate 
close behind the tibial spurs. Fourth ventral plate of the 
male nearly flat, with a slight impressed line down the 
middle, terminal segments deeply impressed, the edges 
with a thick row of incurved hairs. Wings nearly colour- 
less, with the first recurrent vein running into the middle 
of the 2nd submarginal cell. 
Nomia rustica. 
Nigra, subtilissime punctata, abdomine levi (segmenti 
2di basi tantum punctato), griseo parum setosa, post- 
scutello inermi, abdominis seomentis 2do—5to margine pos- 
tico tenui albo, pedibus posticis subsimplicibus. ( Mas.) 
Long. corp. lin. 3; expans. alar. lin. 54. 
Habitat Ceylon. From the Collection of Mr. Cuming. 
In Mus. Britann. 
Face not carinated, finely punctured, slightly clothed 
with short grey hairs at the side. Antenne rather short, 
