60 Mr. F. Smith's Descriptions of new 



Genus NoMiA, Latr. 

 Noviia argentifrons. 



N. nigra ; capile thoraceque punctatis subopacis, faciei puhe 

 argentata ; abdomine nigro-cceruleo, segmentis apicalibus albo- 

 marginatis. 



Head, thorax and legs black, the abdomen black ; the scape of 

 the antennae in front, the apex of the clypeus, the mandibles and 

 anterior tibiae in front pale rufo-testaceous, the flagellum fulvous 

 beneath ; the claws of the tarsi testaceous ; the face, cheeks and 

 hinder margin of the vertex clothed with white pubescence ; the 

 thorax on the sides and the sutures of the scutellum white ; wings 

 hyaline, faintly clouded at their apical margins, the nervures 

 black, the posterior femora incrassate, the tibiae incrassate and 

 broadly expanded at their apex. Abdomen : the apical margin 

 with white fasciae, the first broadly interrupted. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 



Genus Andrena, Fabr. 

 Andrena advena. 



A. nigra glabriuscula ; abdomine nitido fasciis interruptis albis ; 

 scopa versicolori. 



Female. — Black, the face and cheeks with cinereous pube- 

 scence, that on the vertex fuscous ; the clypeus strongly punc- 

 tured. Thorax : the sides and beneath thinly clothed with 

 cinereous pubescence, that on the disc and on the scutellum 

 fuscous ; the posterior tibiae have the scopa fuscous ; wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, the nervures black. Abdomen: oblong- 

 ovate, the second, third and fourth segments with a narrow white 

 marginal fascia, the apical fimbria black. 



Length 5£ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 



Genus Scrapter, St. Farg, 



1. Scrapter carinata. 



S. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine f err ugineo apice nigro. 



Female. — Head, thorax and legs black, smooth and shining ; 

 the clypeus rounded in front, and with a sharp, elevated carina 

 down the centre ; the flagellum rufo-piceous beneath. Thorax : 



