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Scrapter niger Lep. 

 1825 Scrapter niger Lbpelbtibk, J, in: Encycl. m^thod. Insect., T. X, p. 403. 



6. Scrapter totus niger; capite, thorace pedibusque cinereo tomentosis; alis apice subfuscis. 



Entierement noir, avec des poils nombreux d'un grls-cendre principalement sur la tete, Ic corselet et les 

 pattes. Ailes transparentes, leur bord posterieur brun. L. 372 lig. (= 8 mm). 



Afrika (Caffraria, Mus. Paris). 



Scrapter striattis Smith. 

 1853 ScrajJter striatus Smith, t?, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 121. 



i. Black, head as wide as the thorax, vertex longitudinally striate, face covered with ochraceous 

 pubescence, disk of the thorax strongly punctured and thinly covered with ochraceous pubescence; thorax 

 beneath the legs, sides and the abdomen towards the apex covered with cinereous pubescence, at the apex of Üie 

 abdomen mixed with fulvous hairs; abdomen very shining at the base, tibiae I in front, tarsi I, II and apical 

 joints of tarsi III testaceous. L. 3 lincs (= 6Y2 mm). 



Kap. 



Scra2)ter sjöstedti Friese. 

 1908 Ctenoplectra sjöstedti Fkiesb, ?, in: Sjöstbdt, Kilimandj.-Exp., Bd. VIII, p. 130. 



?. Wie Scr. fuscipes, aber viel kleiner, Clypeus und Mesonotum grob runzlig, fast höckerig punktiert, 

 Thorax hinten kurz weiß behaart, Analfranse und Ventralsegmentfransen gelbbraun, Scopa weißlich. L. 6 mm, 

 Br. 2 mm. 



6 ebenso, Segmente breit braun gerandet, Analsegment breit, abgestutzt mit gerundeten Ecken. 

 L. 5V2 mm, Br. 1^4 mm. 



(?? von Kibonoto, 1000 — 1300 m, am 30. Sept. und 24. April. Kilimandjaro. 



Deutsch-Ostafrika. 



Scrapter lactipennis n. sp. 



1908 Ctenoplectra lactipennis, $, in: Sjöstbdt, Kilimandj.-Exp., Bd. VIII, p. 130. 



?. Kleinste Art, schwarz, wie Scr. sjöstedti, aber Mesonotum nur punktiert, ohne höckerige Runzeln; 

 Abdomen fast glatt. Anal- und Ventralsegmentfransen spärlich und weißlich, Ende der Tibie III gelblich, ebenso 

 alle Tarsen gelblich, Scopa weiß; Flügel milchweiß, Adern und Tegulae braun. F. 5 mm, Br. 172 mm. 



I ? von Old Kalabar (v. Stefenelli leg.). 



Westafrika. 



Scrapter termlnalis Sm. 



1879 Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, 5, in: Descr. new Spec. Hymen., p. 58. 



S. Head and thorax black; abdomen metallic blue, the apex ferruginous, and clothed with fulvous 

 pubescence. The face and cheeks with whitish pubescence; the antennae ferruginous, the flagellum fuscous 

 above; the head strongly punctiu-ed, the clypeus and labrum coarsely so. Thorax globose, closely and finely 

 punctured above; the sides of the metathorax with whitish pubescence; wings hyaline, with dark-brown nervures; 

 legs obscurely rufo-piceous, their pubescence black ; the posterior tibiae and basal Joint of the tarsi with a' thick 

 scopa of black pubescence. Abdomen smooth and shining; the first segment with a few scattered punctures at 

 the base; the second segment with a transversc waved row of punctures in the middle; the two following seg- 



