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front of, not behind, the externo-median ; the head is much more 

 distinctly narrowed behind the ejes and the occiput is not transverse, 

 but incised ; the scutellum is convex, distinctly raised, and rugose and 

 depressed in the middle ; the radial cellule is more elongated, it 

 reaching nearer to the apex of the wing ; and there is a marked 

 difference in the relative lengths of the discoidal cellules ; in Dufourea 

 the first and second are of about equal lengths ; in the prcseni genus the 

 first is much longer and narrower compared to the second ; the third 

 also is longer and naiTOwer, being longer than broad, not broader than 

 long. It cannot readily be confounded with Panurgus. It has more 

 the appearance of Halictus. I unfortunately can say nothing about 

 the form of the trophi, not having a spare specimen to risk dissecting. 

 Lamproapis maculipennis, sp. 710V. (PI. fig. 2.) 



Nigra, nitida ; capite thoraceque albo pilosis ; alls hyalinis, apice 

 fusco-violacis, nervis stigmateque nigris, ? . 



Long : 8 m.m. 



Habitat ; Simla. 



Scape of antennae closely punctured, and thickly covered with black 

 pubescence ; the flagellum with a pale pile. Head closely and distinctly 

 punctured and sparsely covered with long fuscous hair; the orbits 

 margined. Face and clypeus thickly covered with depressed silvery 

 pubescence and strongly and closely punctured ; the depressed labrum 

 is thickly and similarly covered. The collar is smooth and depressed 

 behind. Mesonotum closely, uniformly and rather strongly punctured 5 

 in the centre 13 a narrow, deep furrow ; scutellum roundly convex, 

 rugosely punctured, widely depressed in the middle and thickly covered 

 with long black hair. The triangular area on the median segment is 

 large, strongly aciculated, more strongly at the base than at the 

 apex ; the base is irregularly striated. Pleurse closely punctured, the 

 lower part and the sternum thickly covered with white pubescence. 

 Legs black ; the apex of the fore femora and the fore tibiae in front 

 are rufo-testaceous ; the tarsi and apex of the tibia3 are thickly cover- 

 ed with fulvous pubescence ; the rest of the legs have a sparse 

 white pile. Abdomen smooth and shining, bare, the apex sparsely 

 pilose. 



Melanapis, geJ2. nov. 



Last abdominal segment with a longitudinal bare rima, bordered by 

 distinct keels ; its sides thickly covered with long stiff hairs, Trophi 



