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NOMADA DISCREPANS, Schm. 



<^ $. Numerous. B6ne, iii, iv; Hipp6ne, iii; Constantine, 

 V, vi ; Algiers, iii, iv ; Biskra, ii, iii. (A. E. E.) 



^, Occurring at Biskra, on Periderea fuscata ; at Con- 

 stantine, on Hy^wchcvris gkibra. {A. E. E.) 



NOMADA FLAVOGUTTATA, K. 



^ ?. Algiers, IC, iii and 7, iv, 98. (F. D. M.) 



NOMADA DISTINGUENDA, Mor. 



$ 1. Aine Draham, 21, vii, 96. {A. E. E.) 

 ^ 1. Bune, 22, iii, 96. {A. E. E.) 



NOMADA HIPPONENSIS, n. sp. 



N. distinguenda, etc., affinis. Mas, antennarum flagelli articulis 

 3"°, 4*°, 5*°, 6" subtus tuberculatis, femina articulo secundo 

 sequentibus seqxiali, latitudine longioribus. 



(J ?. A small species, of the same size and general aspect of 

 distinguenda, etc. Brown, month parts including the labrum, 

 clypeus and the lower part of the sides of the face, the antenntc, 

 the pronotum above, more or less, the tubercles, tegulte, two spots 

 on the scutellum, united in the 5 , the post-scutellum, the abdomen 

 except at the extreme base and legs, entirely in the 9 > partially 

 only in the ^ , rufo-testaceous. 



(^ . Face clothed with ochreous hairs, antennse with the 2nd and 

 3rd joints of the flagellum subequal, its basal joints to the 6th more 

 or less infuscate posteriorly, joints 3, 4, 5 of the flagellum distinctly 

 and 6 indistinctly tuberculate beneath, all the joints of the flagellum, 

 except the small basal one, as long as wide, those nearer the base 

 slightly longer. Mesonotum closely and strongly punctured sparingly 

 clothed with ochreous hairs, scutellar tubercles slightly raised, pro- 

 podeum finely rugose, bearing a patch of silvery hairs on each side, 

 legs with the apices of the joints of all the legs and the front legs 

 almost entirely, rufo-testaceous, posterior tibiae in the 2 with 2 

 short and 1 very long pale spine at the apex. Abdomen shining, 

 vaguely and very finely punctured on the basal halves of the seg- 

 ments, in the ^ the 'abdomen is brown with paler bands or spots, 

 on the 2nd and 3rd segments, these are more or less indicated 

 according to the darkness of the specimen. 



Long. 5-5| mm. 



The peculiar antennge of the $ recall that sex of 

 cyplwgnatha, Perez, biit the tubercles are fewer and 



