202 ^- Friese, 120 



Ceratina suhquadrata Sm. 



1854 Ceratina subquadrata Smith, ?, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. 11, p. 224. 

 1905 „ „ Friese, ?, in: Wien. ent. Zeitg., Bd. XXIV, p. 16. 



?. Black, face coarsely punctured, cheeks and mandibles smooth and shining; ctypeus truncate, not 

 produced beyond the base of the mandibles and having an oblong cream-coloured stripe; margin of the vertex 

 rounded behind, giving the head a subquadrata form (!?). Thorax: tubercles and a line in front at the base of 

 the anterior tibiae white, intermediate and posterior legs wanting. Abdomen much narrowed towards the base, 

 apical margins of segment 1—3 smooth and shining and having a transverse impressed line, segments 4. — 6. 

 roughened. L. 7V2 mm. 



Südafrika. 



Ceratina houyssoui Vach. 



1903 Ceratina houyssoui Vachal, ?, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 383. 

 1905 „ „ Fbiesb, ?, in: Wien. ent. Zeitg., Bd. XXIV, p. 17. 



?. Magna, nigra; striga interrupte transversa praemarginaU cl3'pei, macula in angulo infero interno lobi 

 laterahs, macula utrinque in segmento dorsali 3 et ventrali 5, fascia interrupta in dorsali 4 et segmentis 5 — 6 

 totis ochraceo-luteis; tarsi, tibiae 3 dimidio apicali et venire fulvo-pUosi. Alae nigrae. Clypeus et scutum nasale 

 rugis longitudinalibus, hoc triangulari lineis elevatis duabus contento, tempora deorsum angulato-mucronatis, 

 illorum pars supera et vertex punctis crassissimis confluentibus. Scutellum densissime sed tenue scabriusculum, 

 declive, pteromatibus vix eminentibus, spatio triangulari declivi. L. 12— 14 mm. 



<?? von Lambarene im Oktober 1897 (BOUYSSOU). Rappelle par sa taille et son coloris C. hieroglyphica Sm. 

 et C. perforatrix Sm. de l'Inde. 



Ceratina aereola Vach. 



1903 Ceratina aereola Vachal, (??, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 383. 

 1905 „ „ Friese, (??, in: Wien. ent. Zeitg., Bd. XXIV, p. 17. 



?(?. Caput et truncus obscure aenea, abdomen nigro-cyaneum plus minus aeneo-micans ; labrum et 

 mandibulae et pedes nigra, tibia antica in ? vix, in S strigatim testaceo-maculata. Caput et thorax crasse et 

 dense punctata, abdomen minus crasse denseque; segmentum mediale area dorsali lunulata pone marginata et 

 sat crasse rimata, de reliquo vix sculpta. Clypeus apice truncatus et marginatus inter lineolas eminentes, vix 

 deorsum divergentes levis et lucteus. Alae fumato-hyalinae. 



?. Scopa squalido-alba ; lineola eminens segmenti 6. gracilior ante apicem obsoleta, apice parce mucronata. 



d. Linea eminens segmenti 6 integra, 7 obsoleta ; segmentum 7 angulare angulo repando, inciso ; segmenta 

 ventralia 4 et 5 apice fimbria brevi densa, in 5 sinuato-interrupta, 6 nigrum, nudum, nitidum. L. 7V2 — 8V2 mm. 



2 ? 2 c? de N'Doro, im Oktober-November 1898 (BouYSSOu), ? des chutes de Samha (Mocquerys), 

 Mus. Bruxelles. 



Ceratina ericia Vach. 



1903 Ceratina ericia Vachal, J$, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 384. 

 1905 „ „ Friese, J?, in: Wien. ent. Zeitg., Bd. XXIV, p. 18. 



$d. Nigra, truncus aliquando aeneo-, abdomen aliquando violeo-nitantia; vitta flava clypei in mare plus 

 minus infra transversa; puncta scutelli abdominis basis paulo minus crassa quam in mesonoto. Clypeus in medio 

 laevi obsolete sulculato, labrum et mandibulae vix sculpta, lucida, vertex fere crassius quam mesonotum punctatus, 



