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middle, thickly covered with fulvous hair ; the apices of 

 the first to fourth segments with a broad band of rich 

 fulvous, depressed pubescence ; the two apical segments 

 thickly covered with long, pale fulvous hair. The ventral 

 segments fringed at the apex with pale hair ; the last 

 deeply depressed in the middle, and having there a stout 

 triangular projection. 



NOMIA ERYTHROGASTER, Sp. flOV. (PI. 4, f 10.) 



Long. 9-10 mm. $ . 



Hab. Poona {Wroiighton). 



Comes into Bingham's Section A {I.e., p. 448). 

 " a. Scutellum armed with two spines or teeth posteriorly," 

 and " b^. Abdomen beneath and posterior legs rufo- 

 testaceous," which is now subdivided : — 



Apex of post-scutellum distinctly bidentate ; the second 

 cubital cellule not one-half the length of the third on the 

 top. Length, 7-8 mm. N. wesiwoodi. 



Apex of post-scutellum not distinctly bidentate; the 

 second cubital cellule more than one one-half the length of 

 the third on top. Length, 10 mm. N. eryihrogaster. 



Head in front from near the ocelli thickly covered 

 with white hair, that over the antennae being much the 

 longer ; the vertex closely, but not deeply, punctured. 

 Mandibles obscure ferruginous before the apex. The 

 centre of the clypeus with a narrow keel ; above this is a 

 stouter keel reaching to the antennae. Scape of antennae 

 covered above with long, white hair; the flagellum obscure 

 brownish beneath. Mesonotum uniformly covered with 

 shallow punctures ; alutaceous ; the base, sides, and apex 

 thickly covered with white hair ; the scutellum similarly 

 punctured to the mesonotum, but with the punctures 

 .somewhat larger ; the apex with the middle slightly 

 depressed ; post-scutellum thickly covered with white 

 hair ; the apex armed with two large, flat, slightly con- 



