214 Mr. P. Cameron on neio 



almost reticulated ; its sides more closely and less coarsely 

 punctured ; face and clypeus closely irregularly punctured ; 

 the liair fringing the apex of the clypeus has a fulvous 

 tinge. Mandibles to near the apex coarsely punctured, 

 the punctures longish. Pro- and mesothorax closely covered 

 with large deep punctures, which are small on the base of 

 the mesonotum. Apex of scutellum broadly rounded ; the 

 lateral teeth large, almost smooth, curved down slightly at 

 the apex. Median segment and apex of mesopleurse smooth. 

 Abdomen sparsely but distinctly punctured ; the apex of the 

 last segment closely rugosely punctured, the centre raised, 

 smooth, the sides obliquely depressed ; the apex becomes 

 gradually narrowed to a point ; the apical ventral segment 

 becomes gradually narrowed and projects largely beyond the 

 upper. Legs covered with white pubescence ; the tar^i 

 below with longish stiff fulvous hair. 

 Comes near to C. basalts, Sm. 



Nomia Rothneyi, sp. n. 



Black ; an interrupted band of white pubescence on the 

 apex of the first abdominal segment ; a broad smooth white 

 band on the apices of the second, third, and fourth segments ; 

 flagellum of antennae brownish beneath ; wings hyaline, the 

 stigma testaceous, the nervures darker coloured. $ . 

 Length 7 mm. 

 Hab. Mussoorie [RotJmey). 



Face broadly roundly raised in the middle ; clypeus 

 opaque, with clearly separated scattered punctures, its apex 

 transverse; front and vertex closely punctured; an im- 

 pressed line on the centre of the upper three fourths of the 

 front ; the sides of face, of the front, and the outer orbits 

 thickly covered with white pubescence. Thorax closely 

 punctured; the sides and apex of the mesonotum and the 

 postscutellum thickly covered with grey pubescence. Basal 

 area of metanotum large, clearly defined, strongly trans- 

 versely striated ; the striae distinctly separated ; the narrowed 

 basal inner edges obliquely striated. Pleura3, sternum, and 

 legs densely covei'ed with long cinereous pubescence. Abdo- 

 men smooth and shining; there is a transverse, curved, 

 impressed line behind the white band on the third and fourth 

 segments ; the apical two segments are brown. 



This species cannot well be confounded with any of the 

 described white-banded species of Paranoinia. 



