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its evident affinities the insect ought to be a Dianthidium, 

 but the feet are without pulvilli. The hind trochanters are 

 strongly toothed, the axillae are feebly toothed, and the apex 

 of the abdomen resembles that of A. latreillei. The ab- 

 domen is yellow with light red bands along the hind margins 

 of the segments. The eyes are light reddish. 



IHaiithidium (Anthidiellum) truncatiforme sp. nov. 



cf . Length about h\ mm. ; very short and compact ; clypeus, lateral 

 face-marks (extending nearly to lower level of antennal sockets), and 

 mandibles except teeth, brownish-white, the color nearly as in D. 

 strigatum ; thorax all black ; edge of head above with a linear yellow 

 band widely interrupted in the middle ; tegulse shining black with a 

 yellow spot ; wings strongly infuscated ; second s. m. much longer 

 than first, reciving first r. n. near base, the second r. n. going beyond 

 its apex ; anterior and middle femora with a yellow stripe beneath ; 

 tibiae all yellow on outer side, and largely on inner ; middle basitarsus 

 with a yellowish stripe ; hind basitarsus bulging near base ; ends of 

 tarsi becoming ferruginous ; hind tarsi with hair white on outer side 

 and orange on inner ; abdomen with large bright yellow marks on all 

 the segments, becoming closer on each segment after the first, just 

 as in D. truncatum ; fifth segment yellow with a median dark line, 

 sixth yellow: apex with two small hyaline teeth, widely separated. 

 Mandibles tridentate ; antennas dark ; scutellum projecting, with a 

 very broad sharp edge, the lateral corners of which are triangular. 



Very close to B. truncatum Smith, but the face-markings 

 are differently colored (yellow in truncatum) and the lateral 

 marks are longer (not reaching level of top of clypeus in 

 truncatum). The clypeus is much higher than in D. stri- 

 gatum. 



Had. — Tamsoo, Gold Coast, Africa. (British Museum, 

 1900-123.) I have only seen the female of D. truncation, 

 but Friese describes the male, and cites no difference in the 

 face-markings ; he states that abdominal segments 6 and 7 

 are black. 

 Habropoda festiva Dours. 



Basutoland, Africa {R. Crawshay). British Museum. 



Habropoda bettoni sp. nov. 



cf. Length 16 mm. or rather over; general aspect of H. festiva, 

 but abdomen even a little narrower (about 5 mm. broad), with much 

 narrower hair-bands ; hair of head, thorax and first abdominal segment 

 fulvous, as in H. festiva ; head, with large eyes, as in festiva ; ocelli 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXVI. (*27) AUGUST, 1910. 



