64 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientalia. 



NOMIA LATISPINA, sp. nov. (PL 4, f. II ?, \\a. c?.) 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. Allahabad {Rothney). 



Comes into a new section on foot of p. 448 (/.^.) ; 

 C*. Enclosed space at base of abdominal segment smooth, 

 neither punctured nor striated ; apices of abdominal seg- 

 ments strongly punctured. 



Head narrow, sharply oblique behind the eyes ; the 

 front and vertex with large, widely separated punctures ; 

 the front thickly, the vertex more thinly, covered with 

 fulvous hair ; the face and clypeus thickly with shorter, 

 cream-coloured pubescence ; the apex of the clypeus bare, 

 rather strongly punctured ; the mandibles shining, broadly 

 rufous in the middle. Antennae entirely black, except the 

 flagellum on the under side, which is brownish ; the scape 

 bearing long, white hair. Thorax sharply transverse in 

 front ; the mesonotum thickly covered with depressed, 

 scale-like, fulvous hair ; the scutellum with only a few 

 hairs ; the post-scutellum covered thickly with long, pale 

 fulvous hair. Mesonotum closely, rather strongly and 

 uniformly punctured ; the scutellum with the punctures, 

 if anything, larger, and more widely separated. Median 

 segment shining ; the sides and apex with a few pale 

 golden hairs ; the basal area smooth, impunctate, trian- 

 gular; the rest of the segment bearing large, deep, distinctly 

 separated punctures. Meso- and meta-pleurae thickly 

 covered with pale fulvous hair. Legs black ; the anterior 

 tibiae and base of tarsi rufous in front ; the hinder tibial 

 spine and metatarsus white ; the hinder tibial process 

 reaching to the apex of the metatarsus, very broadj not 

 much narrowed towards the apex, which is rounded. The 

 hinder tibiae with a distinct, narrow keel down the middle 

 on the outer side ; the hinder femora largely dilated, 

 becoming wider to near the apex, which is oblique on 

 their under side; in the middle, near the apex, is a small 



