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Abdomen ferruginous, the base black ; the second and third 

 segments have on each side a round yellow macula, the se- 

 cond pair smallest ; the margins of the segments rufo-piceous. 



B.M. 



Var. (3. The legs almost entirely ferruginous. 



Var. y. The spots on the abdomen almost, or entirely oblite- 

 rated. 



Male. Length 2-2 lines. The anterior margin of the clypeus 

 and the mandibles yellow, the latter ferruginous at their tips ; 

 the antennae ferruginous beneath, above black ; the face has a 

 silvery pubescence. Thorax black, the tibiae, tarsi and femora 

 in front, ferruginous, the rest black ; the thorax has a hoary 

 pubescence; wings clearer than in the other sex. Abdomen 

 as in the female. B.M. 



Var. JB. The posterior tibiae and tarsi fuscous above, and the 

 intermediate and anterior pairs stained behind. 



This species is often confounded with IV. furva, from which it 

 is quite distinct ; it is also distinct from the A. rufocincta and 

 A. Sheppardana of Kirby, as an examination of the typical spe- 

 cimens in the Kirbian collection proves. The species is not 

 rare in the London district ; it is also found in Kent, Surrey, 

 Hampshire and Yorkshire. 



11. Nomada Koberjeotiana. 



N. atra; scutello, pedibus antennisque ferrugineis ; abdomine 

 ferrugineo, apice albo, segmentis secundo tertioque macula 

 laterali alba. 



Nomada Roberjeotiana, Panz. Faun. Germ. 72. 18 $ , 72. 19 $ . 



Fabr. Syst. Piez. 391. 6. 



Schdff. Germ. Zeits. i. 283. 19. 



Smith, Zool. ii. 603. 19. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 178. 7. 

 Nomada neglecta, Schdff. Germ. Zeits. i. 283. 20. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Head and thorax black, the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus, the labrum and mandibles, ferruginous. 

 Thorax : the collar, tubercles, tegulee, scutellum and post- 

 scutellum, ferruginous ; the wings subhyaline, their apical 

 margins clouded, the nervures dark ferruginous, becoming 

 bright-red near the base of the wings ; the legs ferruginous, the 

 coxa3 and trochanters, except their extreme apex, and the fe- 

 mora beneath, black. Abdomen ferruginous : the base black ; 

 the third and following segments rufo-piceous, the second 



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