198 Albany Museum Records. 



Face and clypeus strongly punctured, the sides more closely 

 than the centre ; the centre of the face only sparsely punctured. 

 Vertex sparsely punctured, the sides closely, distinctly, somewhat 

 obliquely striated, the stria? going on to the front, which is 

 rugosely punctured. Mesonotum shining : closely, but not 

 strongly punctured; the scutellum similarly punctured, more 

 closely on the apical half. Central area of metanotum closely 

 rugose ; the rest sparsely but distinctly i)unctured. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining ; the apical segments thickly covered with 

 long rufous hair. Pleurae rather strongly punctured, the punctures 

 large and irrej^ular, intermixed with fine striae. The second 

 abscissa of cubitus as long as the third ; second transverse cubital 

 nervure oblique and straight in front, the rest roundly curved. In 

 front it is slightly less than the space bounded by the recurrent 

 nervures. The hair on the hind tarsi is more rufous in tint than 

 it is on the others. Tegular large, piceous, pale on the outer side. 



Ceratina hicarindia^ sp. nov. 



Black, shining, a broad line, rounded in front, ti-ansverse 

 above, and of equal width throughout in the centre of the clypeus, 

 tubercles, and a line on the basal half of the anterior tibia? cream 

 white. Wings fuscous violaceous, the nervures and stigma black. 

 Female. 



Length 9 mm. 



Grahamstown, February. Misses Daly and Sole. 



Vertex spaj'sely punctured, almost transverse behind ; temples 

 longer than the antennal scape, longer than usual, rounded. 

 Ocellar region raised. From the ocelli a deep, clearly defined 

 furrow runs to the antenna} ; its basal half much widei- than the 

 apex, forming an elongated oval, with obliquely sloped sides ; the 

 apical border narrow, furrowed by stout keels ; this apical part is 

 clearly raised ; its sides obliquely sloped, and coarsely and 

 irregularly punctured. Face coarsely punctured, the sides more 

 closely than the centre ; the clypeus smooth, except for some 

 round punctures bordering the white line and on the sides below. 

 Mandibles and labrum impunctate ; the latter covered with long 

 white hair, slightly tinged with fulvous. There are three 



