188 Alhany Museum Records. 



punctured and depressed : the Ijase of all the segments covered 

 with white depressed pubescence : the apices with longish white 

 pubescence ; the rima is l)right rufous, and is fringed with bright 

 ferruginous hair. 



Comes close to H. deceptas, Sm., which may be known from it 

 by the pile on the head and thorax being rufous, by the metanotal 

 area being closely and regularly rugose, by the basal 2 segments 

 of the abdomen not being closely and regularly punctured, and by 

 the anal rima being black. 



Halictus hel/o/)hilus, sp. nov. 



Black, the apices of the abdominal segments testaceous, the 

 knees, tibiae and tarsi rufo-testaceous ; the 4 front-tibiae broadly 

 yellow in front, the fore tibiae behind in the middle and the hinder 

 in the middle all round black ; the wings clear hyaline, the stigma 

 and nervures pallid testaceous. Flagellum of antennas brownish 

 beneath. The pubescence white. Tegulai testaceous yellow. 

 Female. 



Length 7 mm. 



Grahamstown. Misses Daly and Sole. 



Clypeus shining, sparsely punctured ; the front and vertex 

 closely, uniformly and rather strongly punctured, as are also the 

 mesonotum and scutellum. Metanotal area closely reticulated 

 except round the apex. Apex of clypeus transverse, the sides 

 projecting into short blunt teeth, rounded at the apex. Third 

 transverse cubital and 2nd recurrent nervures very pale, the 

 former broadly curved outwardly ; the 2nd abscissa of radius not 

 much longer than the 1st, and clearlj' shorter than the 3rd. Anal 

 rima piceous ; the segment at the sides rufous, the hair also tinged 

 with rufous. First abdominal segment minutely punctured. 



I am not sure but that this may be H. pallid'qjennis, Sm. ; but 

 without an examination of the type it is impossible to decide this 

 from the description. 



Halictus trans'iens, sp. nov. 



Black, the hair white, the underside of the flagellum fuscous ; 

 wings hyaline, the stigma fuscous, the nervures pallid testaceous. 



