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shining: head and thorax above with a pale fulvous pubescence, that 
on the sides of the metathorax and legs pale and glittering; abdomen 
has a pale scattered glittering pubescence. 
Aru. » 
41. Nomi a similiima Sm, 
1863. — Nomia simillima Ç Smith Journ. of Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. VII. 
p. 46, n. 7 [nee Smith 1875], 
« $ . Nigra, facie thorace que cinereo-pubescentibus ; thorace pal¬ 
lide ferrugineo ; abdominis segmentorum marginibus apicalibus fulvo- 
testaceo late-fasciatis. 
L. — 4 lines (— 87? mm). Black; the apical margin of the clypeus, 
the labrum and mandibles pale rufo-testaceous, the tips of the man¬ 
dibles ferruginous : the face covered with cinereous pubescence. Thorax 
covered above with cinereous pubescence, in recent specimens probably 
tinged with yellow; tegulæ pale rufo-testaceous, wings hyaline and iri¬ 
descent, nervures obscure ferruginous ; legs pale ferruginous. Abdomen 
closely punctured, apical margins of the segments broadly testaceous. 
Ceram. 
This species resembles N. cincta from Key Island, but it is quite 
distinct ; its large pale tegulæ would alone distinguish it ; its head is 
much narrower and its clypeus much more produced.» 
42. Ctenoplectra chalybea Sm. 
1857. — Ctenoplectra chalybea 'Ç Smith Journ. of Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. 
II. p. 45 n. 1. 
Ctenoplectra apicalis Smith cT ? hierher ! — vergi. Nova Guinea tab. XV. 
hg. 11 ?. 
« 5 . — Capite thoraceque nigris, abdomineque chalybeo, pedibus 
posterioribus dense pilosis. 
L. — 9 lines (= 127? mm). Head and thorax black, head closely 
punctured; clypeus shining, punctures more scattered and with a slight 
carina in the middle of its a base; scape in front, and the flagellum 
beneath, rufo-piceous, mandibles ferruginous at their apex. Thorax 
opake-black, metathorax smooth and shining in the middle of its base, 
sides covered with sooty-black pubescence ; wings fuscous, palest at their 
apical margins, posterior tibiæ and basal joint of the tarsi densely 
covered with long black pubescence, the inner pectinated calcar pale 
testaceous-yellow. Abdomen steel-blue above, black beneath. 
Malaka (Mount Ophir).» 
