206 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



3rd, and 4th segments with a basal band of white pube- 

 scence, widening at the sides ; beneath densely clothed 

 with long white hairs; (for genitalia see pi. viii., fig. 10). 

 Legs covered with short white hairs ; base of posterior 

 tibife, and the basal joint of the intermediate and pos- 

 terior tarsi, white, except the extreme apex of the latter ; 

 apical joint of all the tarsi brown. 



? . Considerably larger than the <? ; face nearly 

 round ; head finely punctured. Thorax closely punc- 

 tured, the puncturation closer in some specimens than in 

 others ; scutellum densely hairy ; metathorax as in the 

 (? . Wings slightly dusky. Abdomen ovate ; the basal 

 segment dull, finely punctured all over ; 2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th segments each with a white basal band ; 5th segment 

 on each side of the central rima, and all the segments 

 beneath and the legs, densely clothed with golden hairs. 

 Length 8 — 10 mm. 



Ildb. Very common and generally distributed. 



6. Halictus zonulas, Smith. 



Smith, ZooL vi., p. '2171 ; Cat. Brit. Hym., 2nd ed., 

 p. 84. 



Black ; head and thorax covered with brown hairs ; 

 (? with the legs entirely black; ? with the 1st segment 

 of the abdomen shining, sparsely punctured about its 

 disk ; (? and ? nearly equal in size ; 2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th segments of the abdomen each with a white basal 

 band. 



(? differs from leucozonius by its larger broader form, 

 its large thick head and round face, its wide abdomen, 

 almost as wide as that of the $ , the truncate and some- 

 what bilobed anal segment, and the entirely black legs ; 

 (for genitalia see pi. viii., lig. 9). 



? differs by its more shining body and irregularly 

 punctured basal segment, which is almost impunctate 

 and highly polished in the middle, the curved, not angu- 

 lar, margin of the metathoracic area, and the paler 

 stigma of the wings. Length 8 — 9 mm. 



Hab. Not so common as the preceding, but gene- 

 rally distributed. 



