Fam. ANDRENIDAE.

Gen. PROSOPIS.

1. PROSOPIS MALACHISIS. _P._ nigro-caeruleo-viridis, nitida et delicatule
punctata; alis hyalinis.

_Female._ Length 4-1/2 lines. Deep blue-green, with tints of purple in
certain lights, particularly on the head, the clypeus with a central
longitudinal ridge, its anterior margin slightly emarginate; the
flagellum rufo-piceous beneath, the ocelli white. Thorax: the wings
hyaline and brilliantly iridescent; the legs dark rufo-piceous with a
bright purple tinge. Abdomen delicately punctured, the head and thorax
more strongly so; the latter with a semicircular enclosed space at its
base, which is smooth and shining.

_Hab._ Key Island.

Gen. NOMIA.

1. NOMIA CINCTA. _N._ nigra, capite thoraceque punctatis, pedibus
ferrugineis; segmentis abdominis apice fulvo-testaceo late fasciatis.

_Female._ Length 5 lines. Black: the two basal joints of the flagellum,
the apical margin of the clypeus, the labrum, mandibles, and legs
ferruginous; the wings fulvo-hyaline, the nervures ferruginous, the
tegulae more or less rufo-testaceous; the sides of the metathorax with
tufts of pale fulvous pubescence and the floccus on the posterior femora
of the same colour, the tibiae and tarsi with short ferruginous
pubescence. Abdomen shining, the apical margins of the segments broadly
fulvo-testaceous, very bright, having a golden lustre.

_Hab._ Key Island.

2. NOMIA LONGICORNIS. _N._ nigra, lucida et delicatule punctata, facie
pube brevi grisea tecta, femorum posticorum flocco pallido, tibiis
externe fusco-pubescentibus; maris antennis, capite thoraceque
longioribus.

_Male._ Length 4 lines. Brassy, with tints of green on the clypeus,
metathorax, and thorax beneath; the head and thorax very closely and
finely punctured; the clypeus produced and highly polished; the
mandibles rufo-testaceous, the antennae as long as the head and thorax.
Thorax: the wings hyaline and splendidly iridescent, the tegulae and the
tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen closely punctured, the apical margins of
the segments smooth and shining; the head and thorax above with a pale
fulvous pubescence, that on the sides of the metathorax and legs pale
and glittering; the abdomen has a pale scattered glittering pubescence.

_Hab._ Aru.

3. NOMIA DENTATA. _N._ nigra et punctata, facie metathoracisque
lateribus cinereo-pubescentibus, postscutello medio unidentato. _Mas._
antennis filiformibus longitudine thoracis.

_Female._ Len