BFES OF GREAT BRITAIN; 125 



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6, Nomada signata. 



ferru 



domine rufo, fasciisque flavis latis ornato. 



Nomada signata, Jurine, Hym. t. 11. gen. 31 $ . 



St. Farg. EncycL Meth, 370, 25. 



Smith, ZoolAi.m2. 17(? ?. 

 Nomada flava, Schdff, Germ. Zeits. 279. 9. 



Female. Length 4-5 lines. — Head and thorax black, the clypeus 

 anteriorly, a spot above it, the orbits of the eyes, the antennae, 

 labrum and mandibles ferruginous; the scape has a black line 

 outside. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a large patch on the 

 breast on each side, a minute dot under the wings, four longi- 

 tudinal stripes on the disk, and the scutellum, ferruginous; 

 wings subhyaline, their apical margins having a dark fuscous 

 cloud, the tegulse ferruginous ; the legs ferruginous, the base 

 of the femora black ; the metathorax variegated on each side 

 with irregular stripes or spots. Abdomen ferruginous, the first 

 segment black at its base and having a broad irregularly waved 

 fascia^ sometimes interrupted ; the following segments have a 

 broad yellow band, leaving a narrow rufo-piceous border on 

 the apical margins ; the second, third and fourth segments be- 

 neath have a transverse broad yellow stripe ; the stripes fre- 

 quently obscure. B.M. 



Male. Length 4-5 lines. — This sex closely resembles the fe- 

 male, but differs in having the labrum, margin of the clypeus 

 and the mandibles yellow; the antennae fuscous above; the 

 clypeus has a silvery pubescence ; the thorax black, the tu- 

 bercles yellow, the tegulse and two dots on the scutellum 

 ferruginous ; the basal segment of the abdomen has sometimes 

 an obscure yellow fascia, but it is usually obliterated, and there 

 axe merely two black dots. / B.M. 



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The only localities known for this species are Highgate, and 

 Hampstead Heath ; it appears in April, and is usually abun- 

 dant. 



7. Nomada Lathburiana. 



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N. atra, scutello punctis duobus flavescentibus ; abdomine fer- 

 rugineo, fasciis flavis, medio attenuatis. 



Apis Lathburiana, Kirbj/, Hon, Ap. AngL ii. 183. 6 J . 



