Cameron, Hynienopteva Ovicntalia. 



Legs black ; the coxae and femora sparsely covered with 

 long white hairs ; the tibiae and tarsi much more thickly 

 with fulvous hairs ; those of the tarsi having a deeper 

 fulvous tint than those of the tibiae ; the calcaria fulvous. 

 Wings hyaline ; the nervures fuscous ; the costa and 

 upper part of the stigma black; the lower part of the 

 latter piceous ; the second and third cubital cellules at 

 the top and bottom nearly equal in length. Abdomen 

 impunctate, shining, shagreened towards the apex ; the 

 basal segment at the base covered with long erect white 

 hairs ; the other segments, except the last, fringed w T ith 

 depressed white hairs ; the last segment thickly covered 

 with stiff black hair ; the apical area fringed with golden 

 hair ; the ventral surface thickly covered with long white 

 hairs. 



Halictus funebris, sp. nov. 



Long, g mm. 2 . 



Hah. Mussouri (Rothncy). 



This species agrees with H. tardus in having the meta- 

 notum strongly striolated at the base ; and in having the 

 tarsi thickly covered with long golden hairs ; but it may 

 be at once known by the apex of the median segment 

 not being reticulated, and having only a few oblique stout 

 keels. 



Head shagreened, the clypeus obscurely punctured ; 

 covered all over with long white hair ; the mandibles 

 piceous towards the apex, bearing beneath a few fulvous 

 hairs. Antennae stout, bare, the scape with a few long 

 white hairs. Mesonotum coarsely shagreened, opaque ; 

 the lateral furrows distinct ; covered, as is also the scu- 

 tellum, with long pale hairs ; the scutellum rough at 

 the base, the apex irregularly reticulated ; the base of 

 the median segment longitudinally closely and stoutly 

 carinated ; the apex with a central keel, from which run 

 a few oblique keels. Legs black, the femora and tibiae 



