the Apidae in the British Ifuseum. 99 



$ . Black ; the mandibles, clypeus (base excepted), the 

 inner orbits below, the scape, flagellum beneath (apical half 

 of terminal joint almost entirely), a line behind the eyes, 

 axillae, tegulse, scutellum and postscutellum, and a longitu- 

 dinal line on meso pleura ferruginous. A broad basal fascia 

 on second tergite, and tergite 5 altogether, ferruginous. 



Anterior legs entirely, intermediate and posterior coxae 

 trochanters, and tibiae for the most part, ferruginous. 



Head and thorax covered with regular granulose punc- 

 tures ; abdomen shining, impunctate. Enclosed space at 

 base of median segment. Head and thorax with incon- 

 spicuous pale tawny pubescence, sides of median segment 

 with a dense patch of white pubescence. Antennae with a 

 small longitudinal tubercle between their bases. \Vin"-s 

 fusco-hyaline, the extreme apical area darker, stigma and 

 ncrvures black. Third cubital cell much narrowed towards 

 radius, so that the third abscissa of the radius is only half as 

 long as the second. 

 Length 6J mm. 



Assam: Shillong, v., vii., and via., 1903 (R. E. Turner) ; 

 4 ? ?, 3 J J ; Sikkim: Darjeeling, 7000 feet, iii. 1894 

 (Bingham Coll.) ; 1 ? . 



J . Differs only sexually from the female, except that the 

 scape is entirely black ; pygidium emarginate at apex. 



This species runs out at B. b. b' . in Nurse's key to the 

 'Indian species (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi. p. 545, 1903), 

 as there are no black species with ferrugiuous mai kings 

 included. 



Nomada v.-ickwari, sp. n. 



$. Ferruginea, abdomine nigro, maculis flavis variegato ; facie 

 thorace sparsim, segment o mediano dense, segmentia abdotninalibua 

 3-6 lateribus, co.xis tarsisque albo-hirtis : seal olio bilobato, capite 

 thoraceque punctatis, abdornineque nitido ; alis hyalii is. 

 Long. 6 mm. 



$ . Ferruginous, the mesosternum and abdomen (except 

 for yellow spots) black ; tergite 2 with large, ovate, lateral 

 spots at base; tergites 3 ami 4 each with two apical marks, 

 yellow. Face, pleura, coxae 2 and 3, and median segment 

 •with a silvery-white pubescence, densest on the median 

 segment ; lateral fasciae on abdominal segments 'A-(') (tergites 

 and sternites) of a similar pubescence. 



Head and thorax coarsely and evenly punctured ; the 

 scutellum bilobed, shining, with a few scattered punctures; 



