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patch ; malar space a mere line ; eyes pale ochraceous ; facial quad- 

 rangle higher than broad ; scape black, reddish apically ; flagellum 

 entirely bright ferruginous ; third antennal joint about as long as its 

 apical width ; mesothorax densely punctured ; thorax above, especi- 

 ally the scutellum, with dense hair ; tegulae pale ferruginous with a 

 dusky basal spot, their surface covered with short reddish hair ; wings 

 rather short, dusky, the basal half evidently reddish, stigma and ner- 

 vures ferruginous ; first r. n. joining second s. m. near end ; legs 

 black, densely clothed with ochraceous hair, apical joints of tarsi red ; 

 abdomen robust, densely clothed with felt-like fulvo-ochraceous hair ; 

 first segment with the usual long hair, but apical part broadly clothed 

 with very short appressed hair, having in some lights a darker, 

 yellowish-brown colour ; apical margin of second segment with the 

 same brown colour, but very narrowly ; apical plate broad, truncate ; 

 fifth and sixth segments with lateral spines, which are not con- 

 spicuous. 



Hab. Andheri, Salsette, India, Sept. 13th, 1908 (N. B. K.). 

 British Museum. I have not ventured to extract the mouth- 

 parts of the unique type, but the reference to Tetraloniella seems 

 safe. The species is nearest to T. punctata (Cam.), differing by 

 the larger size, and having the abdomen entirely covered with 

 fulvo-ochraceous hair. The insect reminds one of some of the 

 American species of Xenoglossodes, although differing much in 

 detail. The marginal cell is shorter and more obtuse apically 

 than in Xenoglossodes. 



Nomia nursei, Cameron. 

 A male collected by Mr. Comber is labelled " Secdbd.," which 

 I take to mean Secunderabad, India. 



Nomia parciformis, sp. n. 

 3 . Length about 8 mm., anterior wing a rather scant 7 ; black, 

 the head and thorax with rather coarse yellowish-white hair, the 

 dense hair of the face distinctly yellowish ; head broad ; mandibles 

 rather stout and not especially long, reddish about the middle ; front 

 striate ; vertex rugulose ; scape black, minutely roughened ; flagellum 

 long, lively ferruginous beneath ; third and fourth antennal joints 

 equal ; mesothorax with very fine and close punctures, but shining 

 between ; scutellum more shining, the punctures not so close ; basal 

 area of metathorax with delicate longitudinal rugae ; postscutellum 

 densely covered with dull white hair ; tegulae translucent reddish - 

 testaceous, not enlarged ; wings long, reddish hyaline, stigma and 

 nervures ferruginous; second s. m. very small, a little higher than 

 wide, receiving first r. n. beyond the middle ; femora black with the 

 knees red, hind femora slender and simple ; tibiae red, the middle and 

 especially hind pair broadly suffused with black ; hind tibiae simple, 

 the outer side dark, with a bright chestnut-red apical patch, the 

 anterior margin bulging a little before the apex, but without the dis- 

 tinct angle seen in N. parca, Kohl ; tarsi long, clear ferruginous, the 

 hind basitarsi yellowish-white ; abdomen rather broad, inclined to be 

 subclavate, but the basal segment a little broader than long ; surface 



