66 HYMENOPTERA. 



piceous ; the lcn;s ruf()-])ircous, the tarsi and anterior tihiic 



paler. Abilonien nigro-piceous, clavatc, the basal segment sub- 



petiolate. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



65. IIalictis JUCUNDUS, n. s. B.M. 



I'Vniale. Length 3.1 lines. — Brassy green, venj- finely and 

 eloselv punetured, the faee and cheeks covered with pale pubes- 

 cence, that on the vertex fulvous ; the flagellum rufo-testaceous 

 beneath. The disk of the thorax thinly clothed with fulvous 

 l)ubescenee ; the wings hyaline, the nervures and tegulte pale 

 testaceous ; the tarsi ferruginous, as well as the anterior tibiie in 

 front, the ])ubescence on the tibiie and tarsi pale fulvous. Ab- 

 domen ovate, thinly covered with pale pubescence, margins of 

 the segments depressed and having a band of pale yellow pubes- 

 cence, the anal rima fulvous. 



Male. — Closely resembles the female ; the apex of the clypeus, 

 labrum and mandibles yellow, the latter feri'uginous at their 

 aj)ex ; the flagellum fulvovis beneath ; the tibia? and tarsi of a 

 reddish yellow, the margins of the segments of the abdomen 

 much depressed. 



Hah. Cay)e ; Sierra Leone. 



66. IIalictus sordidus, n. s. 



Female. Length 2^ lines. — Black, head and disk of the thorax 

 obscurely green, very delicately and closely punctured, the fla- 

 gellum testaceous beneath, mandibles ferruginous ; the base of 

 the metathorax covered with irregular radiating delicate stria; ; 

 tegulae testaceous, wings subhyaline, iridescent, nervures ferru- 

 ginous ; legs d.ark testaceous, the tarsi palest ; the tibiae and 

 tarsi have silvery glittering pubescence, in some lights partaking 

 of a golden lustre ; the floecus silvery white. Abdomen fuscous, 

 oblong-ovate, smooth, shining and impuuctate; anal rima fer- 

 ruginous; beneath testaceous, the margins of the segments thinly 

 fringed with pale pubescence. 



Hah. New Zealand. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



67. Halictus rufipes, n. s. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black, the face closely and finely, 

 the vertex distantly, and the ch-peus distantly but deeply punc- 

 tured ; the apex of the clypeus and mandibles, the scape and 

 apical joints of the antennse rufo-i)iceous. The thorax shining on 

 the disk, sparingly but finely punctured ; the metathorax opake 

 and having a lateral thin fringe of white jjubescence ; the scales 



