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apid^e. 



NOMADA CEYLONICA, Sp. 110V. 



Ferruginea; capite thoraceque late nigro-maculatis ; abdo- 

 mine flavo-bimaculato ; alt's fuscis, basi fere hyalinis. 2 . 

 Long, fere 6 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon (Rothney). 



Head black ; the orbits narrowly, the clypeus, man- 

 dibles except at the apex, ferruginous ; coarsely punctured ; 

 the front and vertex covered with long fuscous, the face 

 more thickly with shorter, white hairs ; the apex of the 

 clypeus shining, impunctate. Antennas rufous ; almost 

 bare ; the flagellum blackish above ; the front projecting 

 sharply between the antennae. Thorax ferruginous, 

 coarsely punctured, rather thickly covered with white 

 hairs ; a broad central and two narrower black continuous 

 bands On the mesonotum ; the metanotum entirely, the 

 propleurae, except at the top, the mesopleurae below the 

 tegulae, under the wings, and at the apex (but the latter 

 with a long ferruginous mark at the top), the metapleurae 

 and the sternum, black. The curved furrow in front of 

 the middle coxae is deep, and the part enclosed by it is 

 much less strongly punctured than the rest of the sternum. 

 The scutellum is strongly punctured and longitudinally 

 depressed down the middle ; the post-scutellum is of a 

 paler colour. The median segment is entirely black ; the 

 basal area almost rugose ; the sides at the front of it 

 very thickly covered with long white hairs. Legs rufous, 

 covered with white hairs ; the greater part of the hinder 

 coxae, the base of the hinder femora, above and beneath, 

 and the hind tarsi, black. Wings fuscous, paler at the 

 base ; the stigma fuscous, lighter in the centre. Abdomen 

 shining, impunctate ; black. The first segment with a dull 

 ferruginous band before the apex ; the second segment 



