Hymenoptera. 187 



Halictus kloofens'is, sj). nov. 



Black, the maiulihles l)i'oadly fen-iiginous in the middlt-, the 

 tlagelliim imfons below : the apical joints of the tarsi l)i-ight 

 fei-ruginous ; wings clear hyaline, the stigma and nervures l)lack ; 

 the 3i'd cubital cellule narrowed in front, e({ual in length with 

 the 3rd : 1st recurrent nervure received not far from the 

 transverse cubital ; the 2nd at the baee of the apical third of the 

 cellule. Metanotal area coarsely, irregularly i-eticulated, without 

 an apical bordering keel. Clypeus strongly, but not closely 

 punctured. Front finely, closely I'ugose, and covered thickly with 

 fuscous hair ; the vertex is not so closely nor distinctly punctured* 

 Mesonotum strongly punctured ; the apex of metanotum spai-sely 

 punctured, with a shagreened appearance : its centre largely 

 hollowed. Abdomen smooth, the base of the segments with a 

 band of depressed white pile. Apices of ventral segments pale ; 

 the penultimate thickly covered with long golden hair. Tegulaj 

 dark piceous. The hair is cinei-eous ; on the front it is darker 

 coloured, and the mesonotum tinged with fulvous, as is also the 

 hair on the underside of the tarsi. Male. 



Length 9 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. March. 



Halictus Whiteamis, sp. nov. 



Black, the pubescence cinereous, on the apex of the abdomen 

 and tarsi bright fulvous ; on the tibia3 it is tinged with fulvous ; 

 wings hyaline, tinged with fulvous, ii'idescent, the stigma 

 testaceous, the costa and stigma darker. Female. 



Length 10-11 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Apex of clypeus slightly curved, sparsely punctured, the 

 apical half more sparsely than the basal ; the face shining, almost 

 impunctate in the centre, almost bare, the sides densely pilose^ 

 closely wrinkled. Mesonotum and scutellum closely, strongly 

 punctured, the latter depressed in the centre. Basal area of 

 metanotum closely, irregularly longitudinally reticulated, striated, 

 the apex not bordered ; in the centre is a fine longitudinal keel. 

 The basal 2 segments of the abdomen are closely and distinctly 



