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6. Nomada signata. 



N. atra, thorace lineis quatuor longitudinalibus ferrugineis ; ab- 

 domine rufo, fasciisque flavis latis ornato. 



Nomada signata, Jurine, Hym. t. 11. gen. 31 $ . 



St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. 370. 25. 



Smith, ZooL ii. 602. 17 $ $ . 

 Nomada flava, Schdff. Germ. Zeits. 279. 9. 



Female. Length 4-5 lines. Head and thorax black, the clypeus 

 anteriorly, a spot above it, the orbits of the eyes, the antennae, 

 labram and mandibles ferruginous ; the scape has a black line 

 outside. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a large patch on the 

 breast on each side, a minute dot under the wings, four longi- 

 tudinal stripes on the disk, and the scutellum, ferruginous; 

 wings subhyaline, their apical margins having a dark fuscous 

 cloud, the tegulse ferruginous ; the legs ferruginous, the base 

 of the femora black ; the metathorax variegated on each side 

 with irregular stripes or spots. Abdomen ferruginous, the first 

 segment black at its base and having a broad irregularly waved 

 fascia, sometimes interrupted ; the following segments have a 

 broad yellow band, leaving a narrow rufo-piceous border on 

 the apical margins ; the second, third and fourth segments be- 

 neath have a transverse broad yellow stripe ; the stripes fre- 

 quently obscure. B.M. 



Male. Length 4-5 lines. This sex closely resembles the fe- 

 male, but differs in having the labrum, margin of the clypeus 

 and the mandibles yellow ; the antennae fuscous above ; the 

 clypeus has a silvery pubescence ; the thorax black, the tu- 

 bercles yellow, the tegulse and two dots on the scutellum 

 ferruginous ; the basal segment of the abdomen has sometimes 

 an obscure yellow fascia, but it is usually obliterated, and there 

 are merely two black dots. B.M. 



The only localities known for this species are Highgate, and 

 Hampstead Heath; it appears in April, and is usually abun- 

 dant. 



7. Nomada Lathburiana. 



N. atra, scutello punctis duobus flavescentibus ; abdomine fer- 

 rugineo, fasciis flavis, medio attenuatis. 



Apis Lathburiana, Kirby, Man. Ap. Angl ii. 183. 6 $ . 



