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of the 2nd and 3rd segments a band at the apex of the 3rd and 

 at the base of the 4th black. Legs ferrnginoiis, the hind femora 

 and the tibige on the side towards the body black in both sexes. 

 Head and thorax shining, face clothed rather densely in the $ , and 

 very sparingly in the $ with silvery hairs. Labrum trituberculate, 

 the tubercles arranged in a triangle. Antenna with the 2nd joint 

 of the flagellum sabequal to the 3rd in the i^, rather longer than 

 the 3rd in the 9? mesonotnm largely and rather closely punctured, 

 the punctures sometimes less than their own diameter apart at 

 others nearly twice their diameter, wings smoky-brown, with a paler 

 region near the apex, propodeum with a patch of silvery hairs on 

 each side. Abdomen finely punctured on the 2nd segment, exceed- 

 ingly finely and more closely so on the following, apex of the dorsal 

 valve in the ^ notched. 

 Long 6|-7 mm. 



Easily distinguished from pannrginct, Mor., of winch 

 I possess a specimen from Professor Perez and from 

 jullianii, Schm., by the much coarser puncturation of the 

 mesonotum, the punctures being quite twice as large, 

 and also by the greater proportional length of the 3rd 

 joint of the flagellum. 



^ $. Biskra and Constantine, numerous specimens, iv 

 and V, 05 and 97. {A. E. E.) 



$. Constantine and Algiers, many, vi, 98. {F. D. M.) 



NOMADA CARNIFEX, MoCS. 



? 1. Bone, 16, iii, 96. {A. E. E.) 



$ 1. Algiers, 18, iii and 7, iv, 98. {F. D. 31.) 



I have followed Gribodo in referring these specimens to 



Mocsary's species, the three prominent teeth on the labrum 



afford a very characteristic feature. 



Nomad A, sp. ? 



$ 1. Bone, near the Orphelinat, 2, iii, 96. (A. E. E.) 

 Like a diminutive carnifcx but without the peculiar 



armature of the labrum, and the posterior tibiae with 5 



pale spines of which the last is longest, 



NOMADA FERRUGINATA, L ? 



$ 1. Algiers, 19, iv. 98. (F. D. M.) 



NOMADA CONNECTENS, Per. 



? 3. Constantine, 18 to 20, vi, 98. {F. D. 31.) 



