IDOl.j 0. Gr. Narse — New species of Indian Hymciioptera. 147 



abdomen inipunctate, remaining segmeiits Avith minute shallow punc- 

 tures ; cordate space at tbc base of median segment reticulate in the 

 centre, the sides with oblique divergent striae ; margins of abdominal 

 segments in most specimens somewhat constricted. Dark bronze-green, 

 basal half of antennae blick, becoming reddish-brown at apex; 

 pubescence greyish-white; wings hyaline, with a slight fulvous tint, 

 nervures and tegulge testaceous. 



^ . Similar : apex of clypeus pale testaceous, 



Hab. Simla ; Kashmir. 



Length 5-7 mm. ; Exp. 9-11 mm. 



2. Haliotqs clarus. n. sp. 



9 ♦ Head and tliorax very minutely and closely punctured, the 

 punctures apparent only under a strong glass, clypeus with a few 

 coarse punctures; enclosed space at the base of median segment finely 

 reticulate, the segment concavo-truncate at apex ; abdomen impunctate, 

 the segments slightly constricted. Black and shining, where not 

 hidden by pubescence; tiagellum of antennae more or less red, the 

 apices of the abdominal segments testaceous, tibia) and tarsi of the 

 anterior legs, and femora, tibiae and tarsi of the median and posterior 

 legs, honey-yellow; pubescence greyish- white, short, but especially 

 dense on the head, scutellum, and basal margins of the abdominal 

 segments ; wings clear Hyaline, nervures and tegulae pale testaceous. 



Bab. Deesa. 



Length 6mm. ; Exp. 12nim. 



3. Halictus fulgens, n. sp. 



$ . Head finely and closely, thorax more sparsely, punctured, 

 abdomen almost impunctate ; cordate space at base of median segment 

 finely reticulate, very convex, its apex forming a distinct ridge ; 

 clypeus much produced, transverse at apex. Jet black and shining, 

 very thinly covered with greyish pubescence, which becomes more 

 dense on the legs. In some specimens the apices of the abdominal 

 segments are testaceous ; wings hyaline, nervures and tegulae testaceous. 



d. Similar, the base of first abdominal segment constricted, 

 pubescence on the legs testaceous. 



Hab. Simla. 



Length 6-7mm. ; Exp. 14<nim. 



This species resembles £f. nireus, Bingham, (Jour, B., Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Vol. XII p. 124) but is a smaller and slighter insect, the clypeus 

 is more produced, and thorax is sparsely and not closely punctured. 1 

 havfc a long sericb of each t^pecicb, and they are readily separable. 



