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BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



'9. Nomada xanthosticta. 



N. atra ; aiitennis subtus, scutellique punctis ferrugineis ; abdo- 

 mine rufo, segmentis secundo et tertio maculis duabus flavis. 



Apis xanthosticta, Kirbi/, Mon. Ap. Angl ii. 212. 28 ? . 



Nomada xanthosticta, Smith, ZooL ii, 600. 15 & vi. 2214 ; Cat 

 Acul Hym. 86. 9. 



Female. Length 2-3J lines. — Head and thorax black; the 

 flagellum beneath, the mandibles and the labrum ferruginous, 

 the latter obscurely so, sometimes black, the scape black. ' 

 Thorax : the tegulse ferruginous^ yellow in front, the tubercles 

 yellow; the scutellum having sometimes two minute obscure 

 ferruginous spots ; wings subhyaline, their apical margins 

 having a fuscous cloud ; the legs ferruginous, the coxae, the 

 trochanters, the femora beneath, the tibi^ above, and the basal 

 joints of the posterior tarsi above, fuscous. Abdomen ferru- 

 ginous, the extreme base black, the apical margins of the first 

 and second segments faintly rufo-piceous, the apical margin of 

 the third and the basal margin of the fourth narrowly rufo- 

 piceous ; the second and third segments have on each side a 

 round yellow macula, that on the latter minute ; beneath^ im- \ 



maculate. 



Mr. Rudd captured a specimen of this species some years ago 

 at Yarm in Yorkshire ; a second specimen occurred near Wake- 

 field in Yorkshire, and a third was taken near Newcastle by Mr. 

 Hewitson. Mr. Kirby did not know the locality of his insect. 



10. Nomada flavo-guttata. 



N, atra; antennis fulvis ; abdomine rufo, punctis quatuor luteis. 



Apis fiavoguttata, Kirhy, Mon. Ap. AngL ii. 215. 31 <?-. 

 Nomada fiavoguttata, Smith, Zool ii. 598. 12 (J $ . 



Female. ^ Length 2^-3 lines. — Head and thorax black, the 

 clypeus in front, the face on each side, the orbits of the eyes, 

 the labrum, mandibles and flagellum, ferruginous, the latter 

 fuscous above. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a spot beneath 

 the wings, a larger one on the breast, the scutellum and post- 

 scutellum, ferruginous ; two obscure ferruginous abbreviated 

 lines on the disk ; wings subhyaline, iridescent, and having a 

 dark cloud at their apical margins ; the coxae, trochanters, base 

 of the anterior and intermediate femora, and the posterior pair 

 beneath, black; the tibiae, tarsi and femora above, ferruginous. 



