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tirely black ; tibiae and tarsi yellow varied with ferruginous ; posterior 
tibiae within and the tarsi obfuscated. Abdomen finely punctured, 
shining, black; an obsolete ferruginous stain on the middle of the first 
segment above, a broad yellow fascia attenuated and interrupted in 
the middle on the second segment; a transverse yellow line on each 
side of the third segment, and a yellow fascia, slightly interrupted in 
the middle, on each of the fourth and fifth segments, that on the fourth 
segment somewhat indented on each side posteriorly ‘ anus piceous; 
beneath blackish-piceous, a dark ferruginous stain on the first and 
second segments, a yellow fascia, attenuated in the middle, on the third 
segment, and an obsolete, yellowish, transverse line on the fourth seg¬ 
ment. Length 4 lines. 
IJab. New Jersey. One 9 specimen. Collection of Mr. Edward 
Norton. 
This species resembles the 9 of JV. modesta n. sp., but I think it is 
distinct. 
8. N. electa n. sp. 
Female. Head black, densely and confluently punctured ; sides of 
the face, clypeus, labrum, mandibles, orbits of the eyes behind and a 
minute spot on each side of the ocelli, at the summit of the eyes, ferru¬ 
ginous tinged with yellowish • a black dot on each side of the clypeus. 
Antennae when extended back attains the scutellum; black above, be¬ 
neath ferruginous and yellow at the base and blackish towards the tip. 
Thorax rather finely granulated ; black • two short lines on the collar, 
tubercles except a minute black dot on the disk and a black indenta¬ 
tion in front, two spots on the scutellum which is slightly subbilobate, 
and a transverse line on the postscutellum, yellow; tegulm and an in¬ 
terrupted circle on the pleura beneath in front of each intermediate 
leg, ferruginous ; metathorax slightly clothed with whitish pubescence. 
Wings subhyaline, slightly stained with yellowish-fuscous, with a pale 
lunule near the tip; stigma ferruginous, nervures fuscous. Legs fer¬ 
ruginous, more or less stained with fuscous, especially the coxae and the 
femora within; anterior and intermediate tibiae yellowish at base and 
apex; posterior tibiae above yellow interrupted on the middle by an 
oblong fuscous spot; tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen minutely punctured, 
shining, black; each side of the first segment above with a somewhat 
oblique, narrow, undulating, yellow line, almost meeting on the disk ; 
