the Apit-ia* //» the British Mi/$einn. 461 



Nomia acutellata, Smith. 



Nomin scutellata, Smith, Trans. Eat. Soc. Load. 1875, p. 45. $ . Cal- 

 cutta. 



No/nia albofinibriata, Cam. .\nn. & -^la^j. Nat. Elist. (7) ix. p. 2o2 

 (ly02;. $. Bengal. 



? Nomia list u la, Ukll. Trans. .Viner. Ent. Soc. xx.tvii. p. 231 ( lUllj. 

 (S . Kandy, Ceylon. 



N. ustula would almost certainly seem to be the male of 

 N. scutellata; N. urdjana, Ckll., is very close to it {oide 

 Tians. Amer. Eat. Soc. p. 231, 1911). 



Nomia antennata, Smith (1875), var. sykesiana, Westw, 



In the Fauna oE Brit. India, Hym. i. p. 454, Bingham 

 places Nomia si/kesiana, Westw., douljtfully as a .synonym, 

 iiaving only one poor .specimen on which to rely tor his 

 decision. There are now further specimens of -A', sykesiana 

 in the collection from Nasik and .M.ilvi in the Bombay 

 Presidency (Comber Coll.) determined by Cockerell ; they 

 are fresh specimens and iiave the abJominal fasciae of pubes- 

 cence pale (not golden as in ^V. antennata). I agree with 

 Bingham (loc. cit.) tliat there is no structural difference, but 

 iV. sykesiana may be considered a well-marked variety. 



Nomia bidiensis, Cam. 



Nomia bidiensis, Cam. Journ. Straits Asiatic Soc. xliv. p. 166 (1905j. 



2 . Borneo. 

 Nomia hicarinata, Cam. PMS. $. Borneo. 



A specimen bearing the latter name is identical with 

 N. bidiensis, but no description seems to have been published. 



Nomia {Iloplonomiu) elliotii. Smith, 



Nomia elliotii, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1875, p. 44. Madras. 

 Nomia carinata, Smith, /. c. p. 57. Ceylon. 



These are certainly the same species ; Smith omits any 

 mention of the spinose postscutellum in his description of 

 N. carinata. 



Andrena eduardi, nom. nov. 



Andrena nigra, E. Saunders (nee Prov.), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 190d, 

 p. 195. 



Provancher described an Andrena nijra from Los Angelo.i 

 in 1895. 



Ann. ct Ma-j. S\ Hist. Ser. 8. VvL xvii. 31 



