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Coelioücys scjcspinosa Friese. 

 1904 Coelioxys sexspinosa Fbiese, ?, in: Arkiv för Zoologi, Bd. II, p. 15. 



<J. Nigra, ut C. afra, sed segmento 6. sexpinoso. 



cJ. Schwarz, der C. afra sehr ähnlich, aber Segment 6 nur mit 6 Dornen, die Basaldornen an den Seiten 

 kurz, aber spitz, die 4 Enddorne breit, stumpf und ganz plattgedrückt; Ventralsegmente mit breiten weißen Filz- 

 binden. Beine schwarzbraun. Flügel hyalin, mit getrübtem Rande. L. 9V2 mm. 



6 von Natal durch Staudinger erhalten. 



Anhang. 

 Coelioxys avgentlpes Sm. 



1879 Coelioxys argentipes iSMixii, ?, in: Descr. new spec. Hymen., 1879, p. 106. 



?. Black; the head and thorax strongly and closely punctured, abdomen shining and finely punctured; 

 wings fuscous, their base hyaline. The face with silvery-white pubescence at the sides; the cheeks with white 

 pubescence. Thorax with the sides, beneath, and the legs with short, bright silvery-white pubescence; the legs 

 obscurely rufo-piceous; the spine on each side of the scutellum very stout. Abdomen with a narrow white fascia 

 on the apical margins of all the Segments; the apical segment ver>' finely punctured, and with a longitudinal 

 carina; the apical ventral plate broad and spoon-shaped, with a minute lanceolate appendage at the apex. 

 L. 5 lines (= 10V2 mm). 



Sierra Leone. 



Coelioxys bouyssoui Vach. 

 1903 Coelioxys bouyssoui Vachal, d?, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 375. 



Nigra, mandibulae, tegulae, pedes et segmentorum ventralium apex fere rufescentes; calcaria palUda. 

 Fasciae supra in medio attenuatae, subtus interruptae. Pectus albo pilosum. Alae apice fumatae, basi hyalinae. 

 Vertex, tempora supra, mesonotum et scutellum punctis crassis. parum impressis, confluentibus. Vertex et 

 scutellum postice marginata, hoc fere recto laminato, in medio linea gracili elevata, pteromatibus longa et sat 

 acute dentiformibus. Segm.enta 1—5 lateribus sat dense, in medio sparse punctata. 



?. Segmentum ventrale 5, ut antecedentes, punctatum. Valvae anales vix tenuissime et densissime 

 punctatae, ambae totae carinulatae; superior acuta ante apicem impressa, inde carinulae ante apicem convenientes 

 usque in mediam; inferior paulo longior ante apicem utrinque incisa. 



S- Facies aureo villosa; coxae armatae; segmentum 2 utrinque foveola ovata, 5 lateribus in dentem 

 prolatis; 6 lateribus dense punctatum, in medium excavatum, 6 spinosum, spinis duabus inferis longioribus quam 

 duabus superis; segmentum ventrale 4 in medio apicis longit. plicatum. L. gYa^io mm. 



I ? et I d de N'Doro, X— XI 98 (BouYssou), coli. Vachal. 



Coelioxys capensis Sm. 



1854 Coelioxys capensis Smith, cT ?, in : Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 263. 



?. Black, head and thorax closely and coarsely punctured, face and cheeks densely clothed with short 

 silvery-white pubescence, mandibles ferruginous, their tip black. Thorax, beneath. sides and metathorax clothed 

 with silvery-white pubescence, also a tuft over the tegulae; tegulae and nervures of the wings black, apex of 

 the wings fuscous; scutellum rounded behind and armed on each side with a short stout tooth, curved inxVards; 

 legs red, apical joints of the tarsi black, claws red; femora beneath and tibiae and tarsi above clothed with a 

 short snow-white pubescence. Abdomen shining, covered with large scattered punctures, beneath, the margins 



