544 Mnjor C. G. Nurse on new 



Wings flavo-liyaline, a lighter patch beyond tliird cul)ital cell ; 

 nervures testaceousj tegulte red and finely punctured, stigma 

 pale testaceous. 



Long. 11-13 millim. 



Bab. Kashmir, 5000-6000 feet. 



Nomada radiata, sp. n. 



? . Differs frona N. heata only as follows : — Smaller, the 

 enclosed space at base of median segment finely rugosely 

 punctured; the spots on the abdomen are smaller: wings 

 fusco-liyaline, with no flavous tinge ; nervures black or 

 blackislij not pale testaceous. 



<^. Similar; wings paler, almost hyaline ; abdomen lighter 

 red ; head and thorax with greyish pubescence, which is 

 longest and thickest on the clypeus and front ; scape and 

 first three joints of flagellum black above. 



Long., ? 6-10, Sl-^ millim. 



Hah. Kashmir, 5000-6000 feet ; common. 



This species, especially the female, varies a great deal in 

 size. A variety has the yellow markings entirely obsolete. 



Nomada arida, sp. n. 



? . In sculpturing scarcely differs from N. heata. Colour 

 as follows: — 131ack; the mandibles, labrum,apex of clypeus, 

 antennoe, and legs red; a line along the inner orbits as 

 high as the base of antennae, the pronotura, tegulse, a spot 

 below the latter, two spots on the scutellum, a transverse 

 band (medially interrupted) on second and third abdominal 

 segments, the base of the fourth segment, the apex of the 

 fifth segment, and subapical bands on venti'al segments 2-4, 

 yellow ; pubescence on head and thorax greyish, on apical 

 abdominal segments greyish mixed with fuscous, on legs 

 golden ; wings Havo-hyaline, nervures and stigma testaceous. 



^. Similar; scape of antenna below yellow, above black; 

 the yellow bands on second and third abdomuial segments 

 interrupted ; coxae, trochanters, and femora more or less 

 marked with black. Tlie yellow band on basal abdominal 

 segment is frequently almost obsolete. 



Long. lO-lo millim. 



Hab. Kashmir ; common between 5000 and 9000 feet. 



This is a variable species, and the yellow markings are in 

 many specimens more or less replaced by red. 



As the Indian species of Nomada do not differ to any 

 areat extent in sculpturing and are variable both in size 



