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short-tongued bees of the genus Nomia. 215 
brown, basal joint black. Thorax black, very delicately 
and closely punctured, very slightly clothed with short 
grey hairs; post-scutellum unarmed ; abdomen ovate, sub- 
convex, black, nearly smooth, slightly setose ; 2nd seg- 
ment with the basal portion preceding the first transverse 
impression rather coarsely but widely punctured, hinder 
edge of this and three following segments white; beneath 
flat, glossy, very finely punctured, 4th seement with the 
hind margin straight; 5th very small, forming two 
rounded, flattened lobes in the middle. Legs black, hind 
femora simple, slightly thickened in the middle, on the 
under-side, which is convex; hind tibia of ordinary length, 
elongate, subtriangular, the inner apical angle produced 
into a short conical point, hind tibiz very slender. Wings 
stained yellowish-brown. Stigma brown, veins black, the 
Ist recurrent vein in a line with the outer edge of the 
2nd submarginal cell. 
II. Specres AFRICANA. 
Nomia calida. (Pl. LV. fig. 4.) 
N. nigra, opaca, fusco breviter pubescens, facie aureo- 
sericanti; antennis brunneis, subtus fulvis; tegulis fulvis; 
abdomine aureo-flavescenti, 5-annulato, apiceque conco- 
lori; pedibus fulvo-flavis, femoribus posticis inflatis, basi 
fuscis, dente parvo ultra medium marginis externi et inferi 
armatis, tibiis trigonis, angulo interno apicali acuminato ; 
alis parum fuscis, fulvo-tinctis, venis fulvescentibus. 
Long. corp. lin. 5 ; expans. alar. antic. lin. 8. 
Habitat in Africa tropicali. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniz 
(olim nostr.). 
The bright, golden-yellow fasciz of the abdomen at 
once distinguish this species, which is of moderate size, 
and clothed with very short pubescence, being destitute of 
gloss; this pubescence on the face is very thick, and of a 
pale-golden colour ; on the top of the head and thorax it 
is browner. ‘The abdomen has the hind margin of each 
segment of a fulvous-yellow colour, as is also the apex. 
The antennz are of moderate length, with the second joint 
distinct ; the mandibles are entire (fig. 4b) ; the tongue is 
considerably elongated (fig. 4c); the legs are fulvous- 
yellow, the hind femora moderately swollen and pubes- 
cent, with the basal half dark brown, having a small tooth 
on the outer under edge beyond the middle; the hind 
tibize are yellow, with a small dusky patch on the outside, 
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