4 -IS Mr. G. Meade-Waldo on 



Subfamily Nitelinm. 

 jy'itela rujiventrh, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; mandihiilis, scapo, flagello articulis duobus basalibus, 

 tegulis, abdomino pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; alia hyaliais, 

 iiidescentibus, venis testaceis, stigraate radioque nigris. 

 Long. 3'o mm. 



? . Clypeus not strongly convex, without a distinct carina. 

 Eyes strongly divergent towards the clypeus^ separated on 

 the vertex by a distance equal to the length of the two basal 

 joints of the flageilum. Head finely and closely punctured, 

 ihe front thinly clothed with short pale golden pubescence; 

 j)osterior ocelli almost touching tlie eyes. Pronotum nearly 

 as long as the scutellum, not sunk below the mesonotum, 

 the margins only very slightly raised, so that the usual 

 transverse sulcus is not well defined. Mesonotum closely 

 and finely punctured, with a rovv of larger punctures before 

 the scutellum, whicli is almost smooth. Median segment 

 coarsely longitudinally striated, rounded at the apical angles, 

 the posterior slope more finely transversely striated. Abdo- 

 men smooth and shining. Legs unarmed. 



Hah. Monkey Bay, Lake Nyasa, June (^W. A. Lnmhorn). 



The neuration is as in typical Nitela, but the species is 

 easily recognized by the colour. 



LTTL — Notes on the A|)id£e {Flynienoptnra) in the CoUection 

 of the British Museum, rvith Descri/ifioiis of new Species. 

 By Geoffrky .Meadi:- Waldo, M.A.* 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



VII. 



The following notes and descri{)tions were prepared during 

 the recent rearrang^-ment of tiie collection of Apidai iu the 

 Mnseum. 



Much valuable information on tlie type-specimens &c. 

 contained in the British Museum has already been published 

 by Professor Cockerell, who had studied them during a 



* [We deeply regret the death of our valued contributor Mr. G. Meade- 

 AValdo, who passed away on the 11th of March at the early age of 32. 

 Tlie proof of this paper, which he sent to the ' Annals ' shortly before his 

 death, has been kindly corrected by Mr. R. E. Turner. — Eds. * Annals.'] 



