88 



HYMENOPTERA, 



basal segment a broad pale yellow fascia, the base of all the seg- 

 ments yellow ; base and sides of the abdomen covered thinly with 

 pale yellow pubescence. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



/. Agapostemon femoralis. 



Andrena femorahs, Guerin, Icon. R. Anim. p. 447. t. 73. f. 1. 

 Hab. Cuba. 



Genus 21. NOMIA. 



(Details, Plate IV.) 



Andrena, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 311, 1793. 

 Eucera, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Stipp. p. 278, 1798. 

 Megilla, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 311, 1793. 

 Lasius, ])t., Panz. Faun. Germ. Fas. 89, 1802-5. 

 Nomia, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. 1804. 



Obs. Only twenty-three species are enumerated in the present 

 Catalogue, although there are about twenty in the Museum Col- 

 lection alone undescribed, and probably as many more in other 

 cabinets ; but these will be included in a forthcoming Monograph 

 on the Genus by Mr. Westwood, and given in a Supplement to 

 this Catalogue. 



1. Nomia diversipes. B.M. 



Nomia thversipes, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. 155. t. 14. f. 8. 



Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 376. 4. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 293, 3. 

 Hab. South of France ; Italy. 



2. Nomia difformis. 



Lasius difformis, Panz. Faun. Germ. 89. 15. 



Jurine, Hym. S . 

 Andrena humerahs, Jurine, Hym. t. 14. 

 Hab. Germany. 



3. Nomia bispinosa. 



Nomia bispinosa, Brulle, Exp. Sc. Mores, iii. 348. 767. 

 Hab. The Morea. 



4. Nomia armata. 



Nomia armata, Oliv. Ency. Mi^th. viii. 376. 1. 

 Hab. Arabia. 



