﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  2'> 
  5 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  speeies 
  belongs 
  to 
  Friese's 
  group 
  1 
  (dark 
  

   forms), 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  la.bru.rn 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  

   E. 
  tristis, 
  Smith, 
  differing 
  by 
  the 
  smaller 
  size 
  and 
  the 
  

   markings 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Nomioides 
  karachensis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  brassy 
  green, 
  with 
  quite 
  abundant 
  white 
  

   hair, 
  especially 
  long, 
  forming 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  radiating 
  tuft, 
  on 
  

   postscutellum 
  ; 
  head 
  shaped 
  like 
  male 
  N. 
  variegata 
  (as 
  

   figured 
  by 
  Handlirsch), 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  eyes 
  deeply 
  emargi- 
  

   nate 
  ; 
  front 
  granular 
  and 
  punctured, 
  vertex 
  more 
  shining 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  small, 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  punctured, 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   lateral 
  face-marks 
  very 
  small, 
  oblong, 
  situated 
  between 
  

   clypeus 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  mandibles 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  simple, 
  pale 
  

   yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  scape 
  slender, 
  pale 
  

   yellow, 
  black 
  behind 
  except 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  ferruginous, 
  

   infuscated 
  above 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  brilliantly 
  

   shining; 
  tubercles, 
  extending 
  to 
  line 
  on 
  prothorax, 
  pale 
  

   yellow, 
  and 
  a 
  pale 
  spot 
  in 
  middle 
  of 
  rather 
  projecting 
  post- 
  

   scutellum 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  prothorax 
  beneath 
  dark 
  purplish 
  ; 
  area 
  

   of 
  metathorax 
  granular, 
  plicatulate 
  basally, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  tuft 
  

   of 
  very 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  a 
  

   yellowish 
  spot. 
  Wings 
  milky 
  hyaline, 
  nervures 
  and 
  the 
  

   large 
  stigma 
  very 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  marginal 
  cell 
  rather 
  broadly 
  

   obliquely 
  truncate 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  submarginals 
  

   greatly 
  narrowed 
  above 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  b. 
  n. 
  

   very 
  strongly 
  bent. 
  Legs 
  black 
  basally; 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   femora 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  broadly, 
  the 
  tibise 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  pale 
  

   yellow, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  dusky 
  patch 
  in 
  front. 
  

   Abdomen 
  light 
  yellow, 
  broad, 
  dull, 
  only 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  

   the 
  segments 
  shining 
  ; 
  first 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  greenish 
  

   patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  basally 
  and 
  a 
  narrow, 
  black, 
  transverse, 
  

   subapical 
  band, 
  not 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins; 
  

   segments 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  with 
  dusky 
  lateral 
  basal 
  marks, 
  those 
  on 
  2 
  

   largest 
  and 
  darkest 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  apical 
  region 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  venter 
  very 
  strongly 
  stained 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Karachi, 
  N.W. 
  India, 
  July 
  1909 
  (E. 
  Comber). 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Very 
  distinct 
  by 
  its 
  large 
  size 
  and 
  pallid 
  abdomen, 
  wherein 
  

   it 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  American 
  Perdita 
  pallidior, 
  Ckll., 
  and 
  

   its 
  allies. 
  The 
  face-markings 
  are 
  nearly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  Nomioides 
  parvula 
  (Fabr.). 
  

  

  