On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, 

 South Africa. 



By p. Cameron. 

 (Second Paper). 



APID^. 



Halictus I'olutatoriiis, sp. nov. 



Black, the abdomen ferruginous, teguhe piceous red ; wings 

 clear hyaline, the stigma fuscous, the nervures darker coloured. 

 Female. 



Length 6 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Antennae fuscous beneath towards the apex. Clypeus 

 shining, strongly but not closely punctured ; the face more weakly 

 punctured. Apex of clypeus fringed with short golden pile, and 

 m.ore sparsely with long white hair. Front alutaceous, thickly 

 covered with fuscous pubescence, the vertex shining. Pro- ami 

 mesonotum shining, sparsely punctured. 



Metanotal area closel}', finely reticulated, withovit an apical 

 border. Mesopleur* coarsely alutaceous, opaque. Base of 1st 

 abdominal segment sparsely covered with long white hair, the 

 apical thicklj' covered with white pile and more sparsely with 

 long white hair ; the segments smooth and shining. Anal rima 

 rufo-piceous, bordered with golden pubescence. The basal 3 

 abscissae of radius become successively longer, but not much ; 

 the 3rd transverse cubital nervure in front has a small part 

 straight and oblique, the rest roundly curved. 



