Records of Bees. 103 



bordering axillae, two large eve-shaped areas on scutellum,. 

 and postscutellum, all pale yellow. Wings hyaline, with 

 extremely pale nervures and stigma ; first r. n. meeting 

 second t.-c. ; second s.m. narrowed practically to a point 

 above. Legs very dark brown basally, the apices of the 

 femora and the tibiae and tarsi wholly yellow. Abdomen 

 cream-colored, the first segment basally suffused with reddish, 

 with a dark dot on each side, and its apical region with a 

 very broad well-defined black band, the margin narrowly 

 reddish ; segments 2 and 3 with arched black bands, leaving 

 a broad pale reddish area posteriorly except at sides ; seg- 

 ments 4 and 5 with the bands broken into a large median 

 spot and a band on each side ; venter suffused with dusky 

 reddish. 



Shevaroys-Yergand, India, 4500 ft., April 21-May 13 

 (Y.R.). 



Very similar to N. parvula, Fabr. (pulchella, Sell., cerea, 

 Nurse), but easily separated by the broader head, green 

 eyes, two marks on scutellum, and heavy abdominal banding. 



Stelis tuberculoid, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 6 mm. 



Black, with creamy- white markings as follows : band 

 along each side of clypeus (and sometimes whole upper part), 

 broad baud on each side of face (narrowing above, ending as 

 a free finger-like projection close to upper end of each eye), 

 stripe on upper part of cheeks (away from eye), interrupted 

 band on occiput, small spot on tubercles, L-shaped mark at 

 lateral anterior corners of mesothorax, spot on axilla?, 

 interrupted band on scutellum, under side of anterior and 

 middle femora, and short stripe on hind ones, stripe on 

 anterior tibiae in front (the knees are ferruginous), large 

 mark on each side of first abdominal segment, very broadly 

 interrupted band on second segment, less broadly interrupted 

 one on third, narrowly interrupted band on fourth and fifth, 

 but these also interrupted laterally. Mandibles with a 

 yellowish spot near base, and a large red one subapicallv ; 

 lower part of clypeus with two prominent tubercles : 

 flagellum dark red beneath ; tegulae piceous, with a pallid 

 mark in front. Wings hyaline, with a dusky apical cloud ; 

 second r. n. going beyond end of second s.m. Mesothorax 

 dull, very closely and finely punctured. Abdomen shining, 

 with distinct punctures ; pulvilli small, but distinct ; 

 anterior coxae with a white apical spot. 



Coorg Sanivarsandai, Hansey Estate, India, 4000 ft., on 

 coffee.. April 29-30, 1913 (T. V. R), type. Another 



