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Extracted from: Lovell J.H., & Cockerell T.D.A. (1905). The Nomadine and Epeoline Bees of the Southern Maine.
Male. Basal nervure meeting transverse medial; flagellum obscurely denticulate, lively ferruginous beneath; supraclypetl mark well developed, surrounded by black; orbits yellow except at summit behind; third antennal joint on the short side much shorter than fourth; scutellum black with two small yellow spots; metathorax entirely black; tegulae light yellow, with a hyaline center and margin; band on first abdominal segment broadly interrupted, the posterior part of the interval reddish; bands on second and third segments not at all interrupted; anterior and middle tibiae yellow, with a black or dark brown mark behind. Other characters as in N. luteola and N. luteoloides; size that of rather small luteola.
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