the Apidie in the British Museum. 101 



1 . ( Larger species, 12-13 mm 2. 



} Smaller species, 8-9 mm 3, 



2. f Flagellum black above, ferruginous below; 

 j abdominal segment 1 ferruginous; ter- 

 gite 2 with a narrow apical fascia, yellow. [(Cape Colony ) 



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j Antennae ferruginous, except joints 10-13, 



which are black ; abdominal segment 1 



, black, following segments black and [(Abyssinia.) 



o Lu* el i°^. + V~ m ra abyssinica, sp. n., rf . ' 



3. | Third joint of antennae, seen from below, 



I distinctly longer than fourth; first tergite f (Transvaal ) 



-, J T1 brl , ck .- red / , L - 8 mm fo, 6r0IM - Brauns, <j . 



j Ihird joint of antenna?, seen from below, 

 j equal to fourth ; first tergite black, l! 

 L 9 mm 4 



4. f Disc of mesonotum with two longitudinal 



J reddish lines; pleura mostly red, seg- [(Old Calabar.) 



i n . ment f 6 red • ' ' • ■ • • • africana, Friese, $ . 



Disc of mesonotum and pleura entirely [(Abyssinia) 



L black ; segment 6 yellow hararemis, sp. n. ' 



Nomada abyssinica, sp. n. 



t?. Nigra, abdomine maculis fasciisque pallide flavis ; mandibulis 

 clypeo apice extreme, antennis (articulis 10-13 exceptis) an-nlis' 

 pronoti, calhs humeralibus, tegulis, scutello, pygidioque ferrn- 

 gmeis; pedibus (coxis trochanterics femoribusque exceptis) 

 lerrugmeis facie area postoculari, sterno, segmentis ventralibus 

 basalibivs albo-, labro, metanoto, tarsis, segmentisque ventralibus 

 apice plus nimusve fulvo-hirtis ; capite thoraceque rugose punc- 

 tata area excisa metanoti glabra, abdomine minute punctato • 

 alis iusco-hyahnis, area apicali fusca. 

 Long. 12 mm. 



c?. Black; the mandibles, clypeus at extreme apex 

 antennae except joints 10-13, lateral angles of pronotum 

 calh humerales, tegulae, scutellum and pygidium ferruginous • 

 legs (except coxae, trochanters, and femora basallv) ferru - 

 giuous ; tergites 2 and 3 with large ovate lateral spots, almost 

 touching above, and tergites 4-6 with apical fasciae, pale 

 yellow The face, postocellar region, sternum, and basal 

 sternites covered with a white pubescence ; labrum, median 

 segment, tarsi and fasciae on apical sternites with fulvous 

 pubescence. Head, thorax, and coxae evenly and distinctlv 

 punctured, abdomen and legs more finely, excised space at 

 base of median segment glabrous. Tergite 1 and anterior 

 and intermediate femora shining, practically impunciate. 



Wings lusco-hyaline, the apical area darker. Clypeus 

 truncate anteriorly ; joint 3 of antenna; rather longer* than 



