170 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



4. Nomada succmcta, Panz. (PI. VI., figs. 9 — 9 6). 



Panz., Faun. Germ., 55, 21 ; Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 

 2nd ed., p. 132. 



Tegulae and tubercles, and two spots on the scutellum (often 

 absent in the ^), flavous ; abdomen with entire flavous bands on 

 all the segments, except the basal one ; posterior tibiae in the J 

 armed outwardly with two thick curved pale spines. 



(J . Black ; head and thorax densely and rugosely punctured, 

 densely clothed with brownish grey hairs ; mandibles flavous, thick, 

 pointed, and carinated down the middle, flavous, with tlie apex 

 piceous ; labrum, clypeus, except the extreme base, sides of the 

 face below the antennae, and scape of the antennae in front, flavous. 

 Antennae fulvous, black above as far as the 8th joint. Thorax 

 with two spots on the collar ; the tubercles and tegulae citron- 

 yellow ; mesopleurae with a yellow anterior margin ; wings with 

 testaceous nervures ; scutellum with two small yellow spots. 

 Abdomen finely punctured ; basal segment with an interrupted 

 yellow band ; the following five each with a continuous band 

 of the same colour ; apical dorsal segment sharply emarginate, 

 sparingly clothed with golden hairs ; beneath shining, punctured, 

 except at the apex of each segment ; 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th with a 

 central yellow band ; 6th segment yellow at the apex ; 7th smooth, 

 narrowly rounded at the apex ; 8th with a long narrow apical pro- 

 duction, its extremity curved upwards, and armed on each side 

 with many long spines, those towards the apex longest (for geni- 

 talia, &c., see PI. VI., figs. 9 — 9 6). Legs falvous-yellow, with paler 

 markings ; femora posteriorly black ; posterior tibiae somewhat 

 truncate at the apex and unarmed, with a slight tubercle on the 

 inner angle of the truncature ; posterior trochanters densely hairy 

 beneath. 



5 . Very Uke the g' , but with the mandibles pale piceous ; the 

 labrum piceous, black on the disk ; clypeus black, piceous at the 

 extreme apical margin. Antennae entirely fulvous. Thorax as in 

 the ^ , but less hairy ; the spots of the scutellum larger, and the 

 metathorax often with a spot on each side. Abdomen coloured 

 as in the ^ ; 5th segment beneath with a tuft of long brownish 

 hairs on each side ; 6th somewhat truncate, with curved spines on 

 each side. Legs fulvous ; femora black at the base ; posterior 

 tibiae outwardly armed with two or three thick, much curved, 

 piceous spines. Length, 11 — 13 mm. 



Hah. Generally distributed and common in April. 1 

 have taken it as late as June. 



