Records of Jiee*. 277 



giamilar from the excesdively luitmte pnucttiics, and lourtli 

 the same ; abilominal bamls very boautit'ul, cmeral l-;^reeii 

 shot with lilac, ilie third more lilac than green. Known 

 from iV. mesiffensi'a by the more closely punctured first 

 nb lojiiinni segment, the much narrower and differently 

 coloured baiids, &c. The tongue is linear. 



Iltib. Southern Pines, North Carolina, June 19, 1909 

 {A. //. Manee). In oil. Birkmann. 



Nomia fedorensis^ sp. n. 



? . — Like y. luaneei, but a little larger, with the following 

 distinctive characters : fl igellum bright ferruginous beneath 

 (iluller and browner than in maneei) ; disc of scutellum much 

 more closely punctured ; first abdominal segment with very 

 strong, regular punctures ; second also much more strongly 

 punctured ; abdominal bands broader, very brilliant, coloured 

 as in matteei, except that the first is flushed with vermilion. 

 Both species have a prominent ridge down the middle of the 

 clypeus; this also occuis in foxii. N. fedortnsis is easily 

 known from foxii by the much moie finely and closely 

 punctured third abdominal segment, and the very strongly 

 and regularly punctured first segment. 



cJ . — Similar to X. foxii, but very easily separated by thj 

 entirely black legs, the hind femora much thicker and more 

 humped above. The second abdominal segment has a very 

 deep constriction ; the fourth segment is punctured in the 

 manner of foxii, not at all as in universitatis. 



Ilah. Fcdor, Lee County, Texas, June 7, 19J9, June 1910 

 [Birkiiiauu^. 



Lithurgus albojimhriatus , Sichel. 



The Luhurgns from Tahiti, which I formerly recorded as 

 L. atraiifonnis, Ckll., is in reality L. albojimlrialus. Tiie 

 two species are extremely closely allied, but atratiformia has 

 the white bands on abdomen, above and below, about twice 

 as broad as in alhojimbriatus. 



Megachde aurifrons^ Smith. 



Smith described this from " New Holland," but 1 havo a 

 specimen fruui his collection labelled Queensland. Mr. Turner 

 also took it at Maekay (his number 288). The mandiblea 

 of this species are five-toothed in the female. 



