Ill 



Five 9 9 and seven 6 S collected at Oinke Meji. Thadan. 

 Xigeria, Ang.-Sept. 1914 (Bridwell). 



Type S , allotype and paraty]>('s in the author's collection. 



jSFamed in honor of Dr. Joseph Becinaert of the American 

 jNInsenm of Xatnral Tlistory, whose recent work on the Kthio- 

 ])ian Vespidae is an exani])Ie of what systematic woi'k at its 

 l)est may he. 



Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) Bouyssoui (Vachal). 



Pyosopis botiyssoui \'achal. Ann. Soc. Ent. France 

 68:535 9 (ucc S). X'Doro 1899. 



Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) capicola (Alfken). 



Prosopis capicola Alfken. 



Dentseh. Ent. Zeitschr. 1914 9 Algoa Bay, So. Afr. 



Differs from Jonrjuhis \)\ the liner pnnctnring of the head, 



the shorter supraorbital fovea, the short yellow line on the 



clypens, the yellow line on the pronotnm, spot on tubercles and 



finer pnncturing of the thorax. 



Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) curvicarinatus (Cameron). 



Prosopis curricarinata Cameron. Trans. So. Afr. Phil. 

 Soc. 15:230 5 Pearston, Cape Colony 1905. 

 IProsopis robertiana Cameron. 



Trans. So. Afr. Phil. Soc. 1(;:.'525 <5 Pearston, Cape 

 Colony 1906. 



Prosopis atrieeps Alfken (nee Friese). 



Dentseh. Ent. Zeitschr. 1914:188 $ {nee 9) Port 



Elizal)eth, Cape Colony, So. Afr. 

 Prosopis tenuis Alfken. 



I.e. 188 9(5?) Algoa Bay, So. Afr. 



T have 16 9 9 and '22 $ $ which were determined at the 

 South African ]\Insenm as airiceps. The sexes were associated 

 by breeding them from nests in twigs like those of the Enro- 

 l»ean and North American species. After a carefnl stndy of 

 the desci'iptioii I find that the female corresponds more closely 



