DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA. 1 



By J. C. Crawford, 



Assistant Curator, Division of Insects, U. S. National Museum. 



In this paper some new parasites from the United States are 

 described, together with two new species of bees which were found 

 while arranging part of the collections of bees. There are also new 

 species of parasites from Japan, described mostly from a small col- 

 lection of reared Hymenoptera sent in for determination by Mr. 

 Takeshi Fukai, of Konosu, Saitama, Japan. 



Family ANDRENID^. 



NOMIA HOWARDI, new species. 



Female. — ^Length about 9 mm. Black, with opalescent bands on 

 the apical margins of segments 1-4; face below antennae with coarse 

 sparse punctures; those on the clypeus more scattered; above 

 antennae with fine scattered punctures; mesonotum anteriorly and 

 laterally with close, coarse pimctures; disk of mesonotum and meta- 

 notum (postscutellum of authors) almost impimctured, polished; 

 truncation of propodeum with sparse, large, setigerous punctures, 

 the surface between with fine shallow punctures and almost hidden 

 by the silky white pubescence; metapleurse striate; wings subhya- 

 line, the apical margin with a broad infuscated band; legs brown, 

 the hind tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown; outer spur of hind tibiae 

 bent at an obtuse angle; abdomen finely reticulated and with sparse, 

 fine punctures; opalescent bands, except the first, broad, but not 

 covering the depressed apical margins of the segments, the dark por- 

 tion punctured. 



One specimen from San Jose de Guaymas, Mexico. Dr. L. O. 

 Howard^ collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13455, U.S.N.M. 



Named for Dr. L. O. Howard. 



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