18G Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Deep black, face elongate, densely punctured, sparsely clotlied 

 with pale brownish hairs, considerably narrowed towards the apex, 

 elypeus shining with very large scattered punctures, projecting for 

 its entire length beyond the eyes, mesonotu)n punctured and clothed 

 like the vertex, tegultc brown, wings slightly dusky, post scutelluni 

 densely clothed with short ochreous pubescence, propodeal area 

 vermiculately rugose bounded by a slightly raised line, abdomen 

 elongate elliptic, shining, rather strongly punctured, depressions 

 wide, but punctured like the rest of the segments, margins scarcely 

 discoloured, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments having a well defined 

 entire band of ochreous-white pubescence at the base, 5th segment 

 with golden red pubescence at the a])ex and along the margins of 

 the rima ; intermediate tibiu) and tarsi and posterior legs with the 

 exception of the coxa; and trochanters entirely clear testaceous. 



Long. 10 mm. 



^ 2. Meclita-el-arbi, on Ciclwrium iniyhus, 16, v, 93. 

 {A. E. K) 



This very distinct species is apparently allied to those of 

 the scxnotatul/fs group. 



Halictus, sp. ? 



$ 1. Bone, 25, v, 9G. {A. E. E.) 



Halictus interruptus, Pz. 



$ 8, $ 4. Medea, on Centaurea calcitra'pa, 12, vii, 03. 



{A. E. E.) 

 ^12. Biskra, visiting Amriii vunof/a, Pcganum harmala, 



Trar/anum nudatum, Amhcrhoa /i2)2ni, Zizyphvs 

 lotus, Fenda vesccrifxnsis, Thapsin gurganica, 

 Antirrhinum ramosisswium. {A. E. E.) 



Halictus, sp. ? 



Coloration of albipes $, but face much shorter, Avings 

 slightly dusky, $ oi hiviaculaiv.sl 

 $ 1. Bone, 10, vi, 9G. {A. E. E.) 

 $ 1. La Calle, 1, vii, 9G. {A. E. E.) 



Halictus vergilianus. Per. 



^ 2. Biskra, in the Jardin by Fort St. Germain on a 

 tree with blue flowers, 26, v, 93. {A. E. E.) 



