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are described as hyaline, with the nervures and tegulae pale testaceous. The measurement given by Smith for 

 the female is at least 2 mm too small for the Benguela insect. 



Benguela hinterland, at flowers of an orchid, January, 1908 (Wellman); Ekuiva Valley, at flowers of 

 Geigeria, 1907 (Wellman). 



Kongo, Benguela und Kapland (Steinkopf im Klein-Namalande) Schultze leg. 



Malictus kloofensis Cam. 

 1905 Ealictus kloofensis Cameron, (S, in: Rec. Albany Mus., Vol. I, p. 187. 



d. Black, mandibles broadly ferruginous in the middle, flagellum rufous below, apical joints of the tarsi 

 bright ferruginous; wings clear hyaline, stigma and nervures black, 3. cubital cellule narrowed in front, equal 

 in length with the 3; recurrent nervure i. received not far from the transverse cubital, 2. at the base of the 

 apical third of the cellule. Metanotal area coarsely, irregularly reticulated, without an apical bordering keel; 

 clypeus strongly, but not closely punctured; front finely, closely rugose and covered thickly with fuscous hair; 

 the Vertex is not so closely nor distinctly punctured ; mesonotum strongly punctured, apex of metanotum sparsely 

 punctured, with a shagreened appearance, its centre largely hollowed. Abdomen smooth, base of the segments 

 with a band of depressed white pile ; apices of ventral segments pale, the penultimate thickly covered with long 

 golden hair; tegulae dark piceous; the hair is cinereous, on the front it is darker coloured and the mesonotum 

 tinged with fulvous, as is also the hair on the underside of the tarsi. L. 9 mm. 



Kapland— Brak Ivloof im März. 



Halictus lanipronottis Cam. 

 1905 Halictus lampronotus Cameron, ?, in: Tr. S.-Afr. Phil. Soc, Vol. XV, p. 238. 



9. Black, shining, impunctate except on the metanotal area which is finely and closely punctured; 

 tegulae piceous behind; under side of flagellum brownish; mandibles piceous towards the apex; wings clear 

 hyaline, stigma and nervures fuscous, 2. and 3. transverse cubital and the recurrent nervures paler. Apices of 

 the abdominal segments piceous, the anal rima rufous, the end of the segment pale fulvous. L. 4 mm. 



Front and vertex closely, microscopically punctured; face and clypeus very smooth and shining; face not 

 projecting much in the centre and not clearly separated from the clypeus; eyes slightly converging above. 

 Abdomen very smooth and shining, ventral fringe white, segments not depressed; hind tarsi piceous; 3. cubital 

 cellule in front about V4 longer than the 2. 3. transverse cubital nervure is almost straight below, the upper 

 part roundly curved towards the stigma; i. recurrent nervure is received near the apex of the cellule, clearly 

 separated from the transverse cubital, 2. near the base of the apical third of the cellule. 



Kapland — Pearston. 



HaUetiis lasureus Friese. 

 1908 Halictus lasiireus Friese, cJ, in: Sjöstbdt, Kilimandj.-Exp., Bd. VIII, p. 124. 



cf. Schön azurblau, mit violettem Schimmer an Kopf und Thorax, kaum weißlich behaart, Kopf breiter 

 als lang, ohne Wangen dicht runzlig punktiert, Labrum und Mandibel schwarz, Mandibelende rotbraun ; Antenne 

 schwarz, Scapus blau. Thorax grob-längsrunzlig, Mesonotum mehr einzeln und grob punktiert, Area längs- 

 furchig. Abdomen fast glatt, glänzend, undeutlich skulpturiert, Segment i — 3 fast quadratisch, 6 — 7 nach unten 

 gekrümmt, 7 breit und stumpf; Bauch glänzend tiefblau, Segmentränder bleichbraun. Beine blau, Calcar und 

 Tarsen schwarz. Flügel bräunlich getrübt, Adern braun, Tegulae glatt und schwarz. L. 9 mm, Er. 2 mm. 



