62 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalta. 



verging teeth, which project backwards and are a little 

 narrowed at the top. The basal area on the median 

 segment long and narrow, bearing stout, longitudinal 

 keels, widely separated in the middle, closer together at 

 the sides. The sides of the median segment are strongly, 

 but not closely, punctured, and covered with long, white 

 hair. Pleurae rugosely punctured, thickly covered with 

 white hair. Wings hyaline, the costa and nervures 

 fuscous ; the second cubital cellule at the top half the 

 length of the top of the third ; the recurrent nervures are 

 received in the apical third of the cellules. Legs thickly 

 covered with white hair ; the hind femora and tibiae red, 

 except the apex of the femora above, which is black ; the 

 hind femora dilated above ; the apex of the hind tibiae 

 gradually dilated to the apex, the dilation a little longer 

 than broad, transverse at the apex, with the sides rounded. 

 Abdomen shining, im.punctate, marked with four greenish 

 blue belts ; the ventral surface, except at the apex, 

 rufous ; the apex of the segments pale, thickly fringed 

 with white hair. 



NOMIA PURPUREO-LINEATA, Sp. nOV. (PL 4, f I 5.)* 



Long. 10 mm. ?. 



Hab. Barrackpore {Rothney), 



In Bingham's table (/.<:., p. 458), this species fits into 

 " b^ b^. Thorax with griseous or white pubescence," and 

 "<2^ Clypeus with a medial vertical furrow," which now 

 stands as follows : — 



Clypeus coarsely punctured; abdominal segments 2-4 

 with blue or green transverse lines, wings hyaline. 



N. iridescens Sm. 



Clypeus coarsely longitudinally striated ; abdominal 

 segments 1-5 with purple transverse lines ; wings deeply 

 fuscous except at extreme apex. iV. purpureo-lineata. 



* This group (that of A^. chalybeata Sm.) forms the sub-genus Paranomia 

 Friese. 



