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NOMADA ANDALUSICA, Schm. 



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



NOMADA AGRESTIS, Fab. 



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



^ 8, $ 8. Hippunc, beside the railway to Aine Mokhra, 



8 to 10, iii, 96. {A. E. E.) 

 ^ 1, ? 8. Algiers, 18 to 27, iii, 98. {F. D. M.) 



NOMADA PECTORALIS, Mor. 



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

 12, vii, 98. {A. E. E.) 



NOMADA SCUTELLATA, n. sp. 



Loete feiTuginea capite tlioraceque nigro ornatis hoc loiigitudi- 

 naliter trivittato ; capite subrostrato autennarum articulo tertio 

 flagelli, secundo sesquilongiore abdomen ferrugineum, valvula anali 

 apice leviter excise tibii.s posticis apice sexspinosis. Alis valde 

 valde infumatis. 



$ Head rufo-testaceous the vertex posteriorly extending in an 

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

 the antennae black ; antennos 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-scutellum, 

 propodeum, the whole of the thorax beneath except a large spot on 

 the mesopleurifi with a small si^ot above it, black. Wings of a dark 

 smoky colour, hind coxfc 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, labrum 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. Antennas with the 2nd 4th and following joints 

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

 quarters the length of the 3rd and slightly longer than wide, 

 Mesonotum very closely and deejily punctured, nearly glabrous, the 

 punctures 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 tibise with 6 

 ferruginous spines. Abdomen rather dull, very finely and closely 



