2. NOMADA. 119 



the wings subhyaline, and having a fuscous cloud at their apical 

 margins. Abdomen ferruginous, its base black ; the second seg- 

 ment has on each side a large ovate yellow macula, and the fol- 

 lowing segments a yellow line at their basal margins ; the fifth and 

 sixth have sometimes a transverse band ; beneath, the interme- 

 diate segments have sometimes a transverse interrupted yellow line, 

 and the three apical ones a central black dot. B.M. 



In August 1860 I took five specimens of this local insect ; it 

 frequented the flowers of the wild scabious CScahiosa arvensis) in 



•o ?'• ^vnv with Andreaa hattorfiana, on wnnoi insect it is probably 

 com i yJ.os fn 'j,nuoif ,_ J » r j 



parasitic, as I have sine*.? 1 ™™d th <" ^ P' It was first 



taken in this country, I believe, by Dr. ^acn ~ ^mushi^where 

 it has since been found by Mr. Parfitt near Exeter, and by myscu at 

 YVoollacouibe sands, near Morthoe, North Devon. This is the largest 

 species of Nomada found in this country. 



9. Noinada varia. 



N. atra, scutello sulphureo ; abdominc flavo, basi ferruginea, fasciis 

 quatuor nigris. 



Nomada varia, Panz. Faun. Germ. 55, 20 S • 



Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 152. 



St.-Farg. Hi/m. ii. 489, tab. 24. fig. 3 2,4 J. 



Smith, Bees' Great Brit. 120 J ? ._ 

 Apis varia, Kirby, Man. Apum Angl. ii. 18-5 6 . 

 Nomada fucata, Panz. lib. cit. 55. 19 $ . 



Fabr. Sgst. Piez. 390. 



Spin. Ins. Liffur.i. 151. 



Sehaff. Germ. 'Aits. i. 284. 



Smith, Zool. i. 593. 



Schenck, Nass. Bien. 188. 

 Apis fucata, Kirby, Mm. Apum Angl. ii. 195. 

 Normada zonata, St.-Farg. Hym. ii. 491 ? 



Female. Length 4-4± lines— Black ; the clypeus and a spot above 

 it the inner orbits of the eyes, the labrum, mandibles, and an- 

 tenna? rufous. Thorax— the collar on each side, the tubercles, 

 tegulse, and scutellum sulphur-yellow; sometimes a minute dot 

 on the postscutellum ; wings testacco-hyaline, very faintly clouded 

 at their margins, the ncrvures ferruginous ; legs rufous, the coxae, 

 the intermediate and posterior trochanters, and the extreme base 

 of the femora beneath black. Abdomen— the basal segment fer- 

 ruginous, the rest yellow ; the extreme base and apical margin ol 

 the first and the apical margins of the three following segments 

 black. 



Yar. ft. The apical margin of the basal segment rufo-piceous. 



Yar. y. The second segment ferruginous in the middle. 



Male Length 4-4* lines.— Head and thorax black ; tho scape in 

 front the clypeus and a spot abovo it, the face on each side, the 

 labrum, and mandibles yellow, the latter rufo-piceous at their apex ; 



