,,3 H. Friese, 36 



Sphecodes oneili Cam. 

 1905 Sphecodes meili Cameeon, ?, in: Rec. Albany Mus., Vol. I, p. 328. 



?. Black, the antennae, basal two-thirds of the mandibles, apex of clypeus, legs, basal segment of the 

 abdomen and the basal half of the 2nd, bright red; wings hyaUne, the nervures and stigma blackish; the hind 

 wings with ten hooks in 3 divisions of 5, 1 and 4. Metanotum widely reticulated, the keels distinct, stout; the 

 centre of the area with 2 large smooth Spaces. L. 7 mm. 



Front and vertex closely, rugosely punctured, the former below the ocelli finely longitudinally striated; 

 the raised part of the face finely, closely rugose ; the clypeus strongly punctured, the punctures clearly separated. 

 Mesonotum closely, strongly punctured, a shallow furrow down the middle. Scutellum with the basal half only 

 sparsely, the apical much more closely, punctured. Apical slope of metanotum closely, strongly punctured. 

 Pleurae : the upper part of the pro-almost smooth, lower, especially toward the apex, striated ; the meso-irregularly 

 reticulated-rugose, the apex finely and closely rugose ; the meta- on the upper basal part obscurely, the lower more 

 distinctly obliquely striated, the rest irregularly reticulated-striated. The ist abdominal segment closely punctm-ed; 

 the basal half of the 2nd more strongly, and of the 3rd still more strongly punctured; the others smooth; the 

 pubescence white. 



Kapland, im Dezember. 



Sphecodes punctatus Sich. 

 1865 Sphecodes punctatus Sichel, $, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, (4) T. V, p. 449. 



J. Niger, punctatus; capite thoraceque opacis; mesothorace dense profundeque punctato, metathorace 

 ruguloso-coriaceo , postice truncato; abdominis punctulatissimi , nitidiusculi , rufo-rubri basi apiceque nigris, 

 2. segmenti depressione transverso-lineari ; alis sordide hyalinis, apice subinfuscatis, teguUs rufo-testaceis, basi 

 nigricantibus. 



Caput, thorax, antennae pedesque nigra; Caput metathoraxque fere ut in Sph. gibhi var. 3, at parte 

 horizontali semilunari magis longitudinaliter rugosa posticeque magis marginata, parte verticali truncata; meta- 

 thorax fere ut in Sph. scalricoUi, at paulo minus scaber. Abdominis i. segmenti baseos macula dorsalis 

 magna, 5 — 6 omnino quartique macula dorsalis, nigra. L. 8 mm, lat. abd. 2 mm. 



I (j Kap (Südafrika). 



Sphecodes senegalensis Sich. 

 1865 Sphecodes senegalensis Sichel, $, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, (4) T. V, p. 448. 



?. Niger, coxis nigris, mandibularum basi, antennarum flagello, abdomine pedibusque rufo-rubris; meso- 

 thorace subopaco, dense profundeque punctato; alis sordide hyalinis, apicis nubecula pallide fuscescenti. 



Facies albo-pilosa, mandibularum elongatarum dimidium basale rufum, apicale nigrum. 



Caput et metathorax fere ut in Sphecode gibbi ? var. 3, mesothorax subopacus, dense, sat crasse et pro- 

 funde punctatus, at multo minus quam in Sphecode scabricolli, sp. 2, scutello nitidiusculo, parce punctato. 



Abdomen nitidiusculum, dense tenuissimeque punctatum, baseos secundi segmenti depressione transverso- 

 lineari parum profunda, segmentorum margine apicali latiusculo, subdepresso, nitidissimo, impunctato; venter fere 

 impunctatus, segmentorum marginibus subdecoloribus. 



Alae subhyalinae vel sordide hyalinae, apicis nubecula testaceo-fusccscenti, venis pallide fuscis, stigmate 

 fusco; tegulae rufo-testaceae. L. 9Y2 mm, lat. abd. 272 mm. 

 1 $. Senegal. Coli. Sichel. 



