228 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



NOMA])A ANDALUSICA, Sclilll. 



? 1. Bone, 8, iv, 03. (A. E. E.) 



NOMADA AORESTIS, Fab. 



? 1. Near Algiers, 6, iv, 93. {A. E. E.) 



^ 3, $ 8. Hippone, beside the railway to Aine Moklira, 



8 to 10, iii, 9G. {A. E. E.) 

 ^ 1, $ 8. Algiers, 18 to 27, iii, 98. {F. J). M.) 



NOMADA PECTORALIS, Mor. 



^ 1. Between Medea and Lodi, on Ccntaurca calcUrapa, 

 12. vii, 93. (A. E. E.) 



NoMADA SCUTELLATA, n. Sp. 



L;ete leiruginea capite tlioraceque nigro ornatis hoc longiludi- 

 naliter trivittato ; capite subrostrato aiitennaruin articulo tertio 

 flagelli, secundo sesquilongiore abdomen ferrugiiieum, valvula anali 

 apice leviter exciso tibiis posticis apice .sexspinosis. Alis valde 

 valde infuiuatis. 



^ Head rufo- testaceous the vertex posteriorly extending in an 

 angular form to the anterior ocellus and the region of the insertion of 

 the antennso black ; antennte dark on the 4th and following joints ; 

 thorax rufo-testaceous, mesonotum with a wide central stripe and a 

 narrow one on each side, metanotum except the post-scutelhim, 

 propodeuni, the whole of the thorax 1)eneath except a large spot on 

 tlie niesopleura) with a small Bi)ot above it, black. Wings of a dark 

 smoky colour, hind coxa; above, and a stain on the underside of the 

 hind femora, black. 



Head slightly rostrate, closely and rugosely punctured, sparingly 

 clothed with short reddish hairs, cheeks between the eyes and 

 mandibles developed, hibrum nearly twice as wide as long, its sides 

 rounded and its apex truncate, there is a very fine raised line visible 

 down its centre, this is elevated at the apex into a very small com- 

 pressed tubercle. Antennae with the 2nd 4th and following joints 

 of the flagellura viewed from beneath subequal, each about three- 

 quarters the length of the 3rd and slightly longer thaii wide. 

 Mesonotum very closely and deeply punctured, nearly glabrous, the 

 })unctures often confluent, scutellum raised into two rather angular, 

 divergent tubercles, very strongly punctured, propodeum dull, 

 clothed with short black hairs, its area rugose at the base, its sides 

 beyond the area finely rugulose and punctured, hind tibiie with 6 

 ferruginous s^nnes. Abdomen rather dull, very finely and closely 



