Records of Bees. 2(i!{ 



Nomada Ixikcri, sp. u. 



? . — TjiMi^ili iioaily (> mm. 



Sli'iidiT, with clavato alidomcii, narrowed basally ; lilack, 

 Mith tlio lal)inm, mandibles (exeept apices, wliieh arc 

 Nimpic), narrow band alonj; posterior orbits, entire face 

 below antenna*, narrow band along anterior orbits to top o£ 

 eye (endinjj l)roadly above eye), upper border of prothorax, 

 tubcreles, pleura (but densely covered with silky white hair), 

 scutellum ( which is bi^ibbous, w ith stronj? irrej^ular |)une- 

 tures), two small obscure spots on disc ot" lirst ainloniinal 

 pof^mcnt, a little more than basal halfoL' second scf^nunt, 

 basal corners of third and fourth sej^nicnts and broadly 

 interrupted band on fourth, fifth segment (except a spot at 

 extreme base, atul a large lilack patch on each side), all 

 yellow, reddened by cyanide in tyj)c-speeimcn ; labrum and 

 face with j)alc ochreous hair; antenna; long, second joint 

 conspicuous, third joint elongate, a little longer than fourth, 

 scape ferrugiuous in front, Hagelluni black ; mcsothorax 

 dull, densely ])unctured ; area of mctatliorax large, less than 

 the basal half rugose with irregular wrinkles; sides of 

 metathorax very densely covered with pale ochicous-tinted 

 hair : teguhc clear ferruginous. AVings strongly dusky at 

 apex, stigma and nervures j)iceous ; b. n. going a little basad 

 of t.-m.; second s.tu. receiving first r. n. about middle; 

 third a.m. less than half as broad above as second. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining, not punctured. Legs red ami black, 

 liind legs bhurk with knees and apex of tibifc red. 



H(dj. Mt. Makiling. Luzon (liuker. SL-jG). 



Ktsend)les N. adnata, Smith, which I have from the 

 Khasia Hills, India (Sladen). 



Nomada lusca, Smith. 

 $ . — Los Banos, Luzon (Baker, 31G0). 



Nomada mokdinycnsis, sp. n. 



5 . — Length nearly 5 mm. 



kSlender, the abdomen broad-fusiform, narrowed basally ; 

 bright clear ferruginous, Hagelluni strongly dusky above, 

 first abilominal segment with a pair of large suiru>ed 

 blackened patches; mandibles simple; face, pleura, and 

 sides of metathorax with thin clear white hair : antenna; 

 long and slender, third joint about as long as fourth; mcso- 

 thorax densely punctured, but shining between the punctures; 



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