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  Descriptions 
  and 
  Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  

  

  Nomioides 
  comberi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <$ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  or 
  slightly 
  more. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  bluish 
  green, 
  truncation 
  of 
  metathorax 
  

   yellower 
  ; 
  abundant 
  white 
  hair 
  as 
  in 
  N. 
  karachensis, 
  with 
  

   the 
  same 
  tuft 
  on 
  postscutellum 
  ; 
  clypeus, 
  labrum, 
  small 
  round 
  

   mark 
  between 
  clypeus 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  mandibles, 
  and 
  mandibles 
  

   except 
  ferruginous 
  apex 
  all 
  white 
  ; 
  eyes 
  very 
  deeply 
  emar- 
  

   ginate 
  ; 
  shape 
  of 
  head 
  about 
  as 
  in 
  male 
  N. 
  fallax 
  (as 
  figured 
  

   by 
  Handlirsch), 
  but 
  emargination 
  of 
  eyes 
  much 
  stronger 
  ; 
  

   face 
  and 
  cheeks 
  with 
  much 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  front 
  dullish, 
  

   granular, 
  vertex 
  shining; 
  scape 
  short, 
  cream-colour, 
  black 
  

   behind; 
  flagellum 
  long, 
  rather 
  thickened 
  apically, 
  black 
  

   above, 
  beneath 
  pale 
  brown, 
  reddish 
  at 
  base, 
  joints 
  9 
  to 
  12 
  

   whitish, 
  last 
  joint 
  black 
  beneath, 
  strongly 
  contrasting 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   border 
  of 
  prothorax 
  and 
  tubercles 
  white 
  ; 
  no 
  light 
  marks 
  on 
  

   scutellum 
  or 
  postscutellum 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  very 
  finely 
  transversely 
  striate, 
  

   the 
  striation 
  passing 
  into 
  a 
  cancellate 
  pattern 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   tegulae 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  an 
  angular 
  white 
  patch. 
  Wings 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  clear, 
  strongly 
  iridescent 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  very 
  

   pale 
  yellow; 
  second 
  r. 
  n. 
  bowed 
  outwards 
  ; 
  first 
  r.n. 
  meeting 
  

   second 
  t.-c. 
  or 
  entering 
  base 
  of 
  third 
  s.m. 
  Legs 
  marked 
  as 
  

   in 
  N. 
  karachensis, 
  but 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  

   white, 
  though 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  are 
  light 
  canary- 
  

   yellow. 
  Abdomen 
  rather 
  narrow, 
  shining, 
  black 
  above 
  and 
  

   below, 
  with 
  pale 
  yellow 
  bands 
  on 
  segments 
  2 
  to 
  5, 
  the 
  first 
  

   two 
  slightly 
  interrupted, 
  or 
  the 
  first 
  entire, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  

   broadly 
  interrupted 
  ; 
  venter 
  without 
  bands. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Karachi, 
  N.W. 
  India, 
  three 
  males 
  (E. 
  Combe?'). 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  One 
  is 
  dated 
  September 
  1909. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  too 
  different 
  from 
  A 
  7 
  , 
  karachensis 
  to 
  be 
  its 
  male. 
  

   There 
  is 
  some 
  resemblance 
  to 
  N. 
  varieyata 
  (Oliv.), 
  but 
  the 
  

   large 
  size 
  and 
  peculiar 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  readily 
  

   distinguish 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  last 
  publication 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  Sept. 
  

   1908) 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  removed 
  Nomioides 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Ha/ictus 
  and 
  placed 
  it 
  between 
  Ci/issa 
  and 
  Panurgus. 
  It 
  

   certainly 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  Panurgine 
  affinities, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  

   the 
  truncate 
  marginal 
  cell, 
  the 
  slender 
  tongue, 
  and 
  the 
  

   general 
  appearance. 
  The 
  species 
  look 
  exactly 
  like 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  American 
  Panurgid 
  genus 
  Perdita, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  believe 
  that 
  Perdita 
  did 
  not 
  arise 
  either 
  from 
  Nomioides 
  or 
  

   some 
  close 
  relative 
  now 
  extinct. 
  There 
  are, 
  however, 
  great 
  

   differences 
  in 
  the 
  mouth-parts 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  venation 
  ; 
  thus 
  

  

  