250 Mr. P. Camaion on new 



the clypcus is transverse aivl it is brownish there, as is also 

 the labruni. jMandibles shining, brownish behind the sub- 

 apical tooth. Mesonotum opaque, obscurely closely punc- 

 tured ; the scutellum is shining, closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured, except behind the middle, where thcr^i is on either sitle 

 a transverse smooth space ; it is sparsely covered with long 

 black hair. Postscutellum closely rugose, opaque, its base 

 covered with white pubescence. The area on the median 

 segment is closely, irregularly, and not very strongly longi- 

 tudinally striated ; the stria; in the middle form irregular 

 reticulations ; the segment is alutaceous and is almost punc- 

 tured above; in the centre is a longitudinal furrow; the 

 lower half of the sides is keeled. The pleuraj are more 

 thickly haired than the dorsum and the hair is longer. 

 Wings clear hyaline; the second recurrent nervure is received 

 in the middle of the cellule. The hair on the legs is long, 

 thick, and white; on the base of the tarsi it is bright fulvous 

 on the underside ; the hinder tibia3 and the metatarsus are 

 bright rufo-testaceous ; the four front tibias and metatarsus 

 are darker rufo-testaceous. Abdomen black, smooth, iin- 

 punctate ; the apices of the segments silvery ; the bands on 

 the third and fourth segments are covered with silvery 

 pubescence ; the last dorsal segment is covered with fuscous 

 hair. The ventral segments are dark rufo-testaceous on the 

 apex. 



There is a curved, not very distinct, transverse furrow near 

 the middle of the second and third segments ; the silvery 

 pubescence on tiie outer orbits is dense ; the hinder tibiae 

 and metatarsus are not abnormally dilated j the metatarsus 

 projects above into a stout spine ; the middle joints are 

 narrowed at the base, becoming wider towards the apex ; the 

 third cubital cellule on the top is almost twice the length of 

 the second; the clypeus is not keeled in the middle; the 

 tegulai are pale in front, dark brownish behind ; the white 

 band on the basal segment of the abdomen is narrower than 

 tlie bands on the other segments. 



Comes nearest to N. albofasciata, Sm. It differs from 

 most of the species of Paranomia in the abdominal bands 

 being white, not blue or green. 



Noinia aureohalteata, sp. n. 



Black, the apices of the abdominal segments pale and 

 densely covered with golden jmbescence; the hair on the 

 head atid thorax pale fulvous ; the legs piccous, their hair 

 long and white ; the area on the median segment large. 



