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narrow, but distinct, oblique, slightly curved keel ; central furrow is 
wide but shallow and ends in a fovea in the middle. Wings almost 
hyaline, costa and stigma are black. Abdomen smooth, the basal 2 /s of 
the basal segment, the greater part of the 5., apex and the ventral sur¬ 
face are reddish fulvous.» 
Gazellen-Halbinsel auf Neu-Pommern. 
Nomia Gazellæ nov. nom. 
1901. — Nomia metallica r? Cameron, Proc. Zool. Soc. London I. p. 247. 
« A species easily known from N. pulchribalteata by its smaller size 
by the head and thorax having brassy metallic tints, by the head in 
front not being keeled, and by the abdomen not being banded with 
greenish yellow. 
cT. — Antennæ black : the flagellum brownish beneath. IJead black? 
with distinct brassy tints ; thickly covered with griseous pubescence ; 
closely and distinctly punctured, except in the centre of the face above ; 
the apex of the clypeus is broadly pallid yellow and is sparsely punc¬ 
tured and almost bare. Mesonotum and scutellum distinctly brassy, clo¬ 
sely punctured ; the scutellum is broadly depressed in the middle. Post- 
scutellum unarmed and thickly covered with white pubescence. Basal 
area of median segment bare, shining and irregularly reticulated. Wings 
clear hyaline, stigma and nervures black. Legs black, thickly covered 
with white hair ; the hinder femora are dilated, above they have a rounded 
curve from the base to the apex ; the tibiæ are not much narrower than 
the femora and become gradually wider from the base to the apex, 
which is straight and oblique, their upper side is rounded, their lower 
straight; calcaria and spines are pale. Abdomen at the base has bluish 
tints, segments are ringed with white hair at the apices. L. 7 mm.» 
Gazellen-Halbinsel auf Neu-Pommern. 
Nomia pulchribalteata Camer. 
1901. — Nomia (Paranomia) pulchribalteata cT $ Cameron, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London I. p. 247. 
cT ? . «Nigra; capite, thorace pedibusque dense griseo-hirsutis; ab¬ 
dominis segmentis virido-marginatis ; alis fere hyalinis, stigmate nervis¬ 
que nigris; post-scutello spinis duabus armatis. 8—9 mm. 
? • Scape of antennæ sparsely covered with pale hair. The vertex 
and the sides of the face are thickly covered with griseous pubescence; 
the pubescence on the other parts is much sparser. The lower part of 
