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Rhynchium laterale Fabr. 



Sheikh Huseiu, October 7. One male. 

 Odynerus metemmensis Magr. 



One specimen, without date of capture or locality. 



VESPIDJE. 



Polistes marginalis Fabr. 



Sheikh Husein, October 5 and 9. Two specimens. 

 Belonogaster colonialis Kohl. 



One male specimen. Terfa, August 21. 

 Belonogaster Meneleki Grib. 



Sheikh Husein, October 1 and 5 ; Laga, November 30, 1894. 



APID-S3. 



Colletes sp. 



Two specimens of a species having the base, apex and sides of the 

 first dorsal segment and the apex of the three following with pale 

 ochraceous pubescence, beneath which the segments are brownish- 

 testaceous. From Sheikh Husein, September 29, 1894. 



Nomia nulpina Qerst. 



A S' specimen which is probably this species. Sheikh Husein, 

 October 7, 1894. Another species, perhaps new and from the same 

 locality, has the hind-legs almost simple and the apical margin of 

 dorsal segments 1-5, whitish. 



Anthophora quadrifasciatus DeG. 



Sheikh Huseiu, September 29, 1894. A specimen of the variety 

 alternans King. 

 Anthophora concinnus Klug. 



One specimen ; no precise locality or date of capture. 



Anthophora albigenus Lep. 



One specimen, a variety, of this species. Daro Mountains. No- 

 vember 19, 1894. 

 Eucera ruficornis Fabr. 



Sheikh Huseiu, October 7, 1894. One male specimen. 



Crocisa abyssinica Rads. 



One female specimen. The Haud, July 21, 1894. 



Xylocopa oblonga Sm. 



One specimen. Sheikh Husein, October 3, 1894, 



