Hytnenoptera. 193 



Length 7 mm. 



Brak Kloof. March. Mrs. G. White. 



Front and vertex closely and rather strongly punctured, 

 covered somewhat thickly with longish grey hair, that on the 

 front being the longer. Face and clypeus much more thickly 

 covered with whitish pubescence. Labrum rufous, smooth, a 

 minute depression in the centre above. Mesonotum and scutellum 

 finely, closely punctured, and with larger, deeper, scattered 

 punctures ; the punctures on the scutellum are larger and deeper- 

 Post-scutellum thickly covered with grey, longish pubescence. 

 Basal area and metanotum smooth and shining ; the rest bearing 

 deep, I'ound, clearly separated punctures. Propleurge closely, 

 strongly striated. Mesopleurse strongly punctured, the meta-notso 

 closely nor so strongly. Legs thicklj covered with long white hair ; 

 the hind tibiae and base of tarsi stout. The apices of the abdominal 

 segments are smooth ; the base of the middle ones depressed and 

 thickly covered with a white pile. Apex of wings slightly smoky. 



Morice (Results of the Swedish Zool. Expedition to Egypt and 

 the White Nile, 1901, No. 14, Hymen. Aculeata, p. G), describes the 

 male of what he supposes to be .V. tegulata, Sm. It has the 

 scutellum as in the species I have described, and, otherwise, 

 appears to be closely related. In f,e<ju.lafa{uiii\e) teste Morice, I.e., 

 joints 4 to 12 are "about as long as broad" and joints 3-13 are 

 " little longer than the others " : in my species they are clearly 

 longer than broad, and the 3rd is about equal in length with the 

 •Ith; the last is slightly but distinctly longer than the 12th. 



MEGACHILIN^. 



Lithurgiis? spiniferus, sp. nov. 



Black, the face, temples and pleurce densely covered with 

 long white hair, the front with long, the vertex with short 

 fuscous pubescence ; the metanotum with long pale fuscous hair ; 

 the scopa long, dark silvery ; the dorsal segments with a narrow 

 band of white pubescence ; the last segment above and below 



