﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  231 
  

  

  distance 
  between 
  the 
  spots 
  over 
  twice 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  either 
  ; 
  

   third 
  dark 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  with 
  four 
  small 
  spots 
  of 
  

   yellow, 
  the 
  inner 
  ones 
  mere 
  dots 
  ; 
  fourth 
  broadly 
  black 
  at 
  

   base, 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  yellow 
  dot 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and. 
  a 
  broad 
  

   transverse 
  median 
  yellow 
  band, 
  truncate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  

   constricted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  fifth 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  yellow 
  band 
  

   across 
  middle; 
  pygidial 
  plate 
  very 
  large, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   shining 
  yellowish 
  silvery 
  hair; 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  ventral 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  with 
  large 
  yellow 
  marks, 
  fifth 
  with 
  a 
  bifid 
  mark 
  in 
  

   middle 
  and 
  an 
  elongate 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Formosa 
  {Sauter), 
  1 
  ? 
  . 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  Genus 
  

   new 
  to 
  Formosa. 
  

  

  In 
  Nurse's 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  species, 
  Nomada 
  secessa 
  runs 
  

   to 
  N. 
  beata, 
  Nurse, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  related, 
  differing 
  

   in 
  the 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax 
  (the 
  area 
  in 
  secessa 
  

   granular, 
  plicate 
  basally, 
  without 
  a 
  median 
  impressed 
  line) 
  

   and 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  ornamentation. 
  In 
  Schmiedeknecht's 
  

   table 
  of 
  European 
  species 
  it 
  runs 
  with 
  little 
  difficulty 
  to 
  

   N. 
  ruficornis, 
  L., 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  evidently 
  related, 
  although 
  

   certainly 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Allodape 
  marginata, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  at 
  present 
  determine, 
  A. 
  marginata, 
  Smith, 
  

   A. 
  philippinensis 
  (Ashmead), 
  and 
  A. 
  cupulifera, 
  Vachal, 
  con- 
  

   stitute 
  a 
  single 
  widely 
  distributed 
  species. 
  I 
  have 
  before 
  

   me, 
  from 
  the 
  Berlin 
  Museum, 
  one 
  male 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  

   females 
  collected 
  by 
  Sauter 
  in 
  Formosa, 
  mostly 
  at 
  Takao, 
  

   Aug. 
  18 
  to 
  Dec. 
  2, 
  1907. 
  One 
  female 
  is 
  from 
  Taihanroku, 
  

   June 
  1 
  1, 
  1908. 
  The 
  male 
  only 
  differs 
  from 
  cupulifera 
  in 
  the 
  

   absence 
  of 
  a 
  yellow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  scape. 
  The 
  linear 
  lateral 
  

   face-marks 
  are 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Vachal, 
  but 
  overlooked 
  by 
  

   Bingham. 
  The 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   collapses 
  on 
  drying, 
  giving 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  cupulifera" 
  

   character. 
  

  

  A. 
  picitarsis, 
  Cameron, 
  from 
  the 
  Laccadive 
  Islands, 
  is 
  a 
  

   close 
  relative, 
  but 
  the 
  light 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  clypeus 
  is 
  

   not 
  at 
  all 
  broadened 
  below, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  differences. 
  

   My 
  specimen 
  of 
  picitarsis 
  (one 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  lot) 
  has 
  the 
  

   first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  cupuliferous 
  through 
  collapsing. 
  

  

  Exoneura 
  libanensis, 
  Friese. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  greatly 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  Rev. 
  F. 
  D. 
  Morice 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  original 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  Syrian 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  ; 
  

   the 
  male 
  is 
  unknown. 
  Mr. 
  Morice 
  writes 
  me 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  

   found 
  high 
  up 
  on 
  Lebanon, 
  in 
  a 
  climate 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  

  

  