Eecords of /?ee>\ iUo 



llallctus atn'ptjga, W. F. Kirby. 

 llididus atripyija, \V. F. Kirby, t. c. p. o4.'3. 



Fernando Noronha. cJ ? . 



A true J la/ ictus, of small size. 



(5*. — A little ovcv 5 mm. 



llcatl aiui thorax dark yellowish careen, vertex coppery ; 

 abdomen shinin<T hlack ; antennie lonpf, 8tron;^ly crenulate 

 beneath; ocelli rather lar^e ; inner orbit.s shallowly emar- 

 ginate ; nervures and stij^ma dark red-brown ; first r. n. 

 enterinjT apex of second s.m. ; legs j)artly ferruginous. 



$ . — ,Iust over 5 mm. long. 



Hind s|)ur with at least one distinct tooth ; tegulas shining 

 testaceous; area of metathorax granular. 



Ilalictus disdnctuSf Walker. 



Wady Genneh. 



Of the three specimens in the British Museum two arc 

 Halictns, while the third is a ^^otnia. 



Ilalictus of Japan and China. 



The following table, based on Smith's types, may be of 

 service : — 



Abdomen {rreen ; spocies with curious oblong 



head; ubdoraeu bradsy green, with trans- \_rius, S:u. 



verse dark shades or bauds. cJ. (Japan.) H. {Chloralictus) cera- 

 Abdniuen black 1. 



1. iSuiall species, of subg. Evylaus, with ( $ ) 



hind margins of abdominal segments con- 

 spicuously testaceous ; hind spur finely pec- 

 tinate. (Japan.) II. tarsatus, Sni. 



Larger six^cies 2. 



2. Largo species, with very large, broad, pale 



ba-sal hair-bands on abdominal segments ; 

 hair on apical half of seguients 3 and 4 dark 

 fuscous ; area of metalhorax very strongly 

 ridged; mesothorax dull, with very strong 

 punctures ; hind spur with a few nodules. 



$ . (Japan.) H. occidens, Sni. 



Species of medium size 3. 



3. Male ; hair of head and thorax largely n^d- 



dish ; outer nervures vi wing not weukoned ; 

 lower part of clypeus yellow; area of meta- 

 thorax cancellate. (N.China; type in poor 



condition.) //. affini.i, Sui. 



Females 4. 



4. First abdominal segment dull, densely mi- 



nutely punctured ; black .spt'cies, like II. 

 coriaccuii &c., with ba;al hair-bauds. $ 



