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Show 452 LT.-COL. 0. T. BINGHAM ON THE [Mar. 17, punctured, an abbreviated longitudinally impressed line on side on the disc close to the tegulae; the scutellum raised and prominent; the postscutellum with close short fulvous pubescence; the metathorax opaque black, thinly pubescent, flattened laterally, with the apex abruptly truncated, an enclosed triangular space at its base subconcave and closely punctured. The wings sordid hyaline, the tegulae and nervures testaceous brown. Legs testaceous brown, covered with a glistening fulvous pubescence ; the tarsi light testaceous. Abdomen black, tbe basal segment above piceous, very smooth and shining; the remaining segments finely and closely punctured at their base, their posterior margins smooth, shining, and narrowly testaceous. Beneath the abdomen is black and thinly pubescent. Pundaloya (Green coll.). Described from four specimens in my own collection, from Sikkim and Tenasserim, and two specimens in Mr. Green's collection. It is nearest to, but perfectly distinct from, the recently-described H. amitinus, Vachal, from the Karen Hills, in Burma. From this species it differs in the sculpture and shape of the metathorax, and in wanting the pubescent white bands on the abdomen. 300. HALICTUS VERNALIS, Smith. Halictus vernalis, Smith, Desc. N ew Spec Hym. B. M. 30, 2 $. 301. HALICTUS TIMIDUS, Smith. Halictus timidus, Smith, Desc. New Spec. Hym. B. M. 31, 3 2. Genus ANDRENA, Fabricius. 302. ANDRENA EXAGENS, Walker. Andrena exagens, Walk. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, v. (1860), 305; Tenn. Nat. Hist. Ceylon, ch. xii. 454; Motsch. Bull. Soc Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 25. Family APID^E, Leach. Genus MEGACHILE, Latreille. 303. MEGACHILE LANATA, Fabricius. Apis lanata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 335, 90. Anthophora lanata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 372, 1. Megachile lanata, Lepel. Hym. ii. 342, 16 $ ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. i. 177, 97 ; Jour. Linn. Soc xi. (1867), 387,1. Pundaloya (Green coll.). 304. MEGACHILE CONJUNCTA, Smith. Megachile conjuncta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. i. 175, 90 8 Jour. Linn. Soc xi. (1867), 388, 19. Pundaloya (Green coll.). |