16 H. Friese: 



Von (l(Mi l)(M(l('n südafrikanischen Art(Mi aniuila Sni. und snh- 

 qunilmtd Sni. dnrcli Farl)e und geringere (Tröße verschieden. 



22. Ceratina armata Sm. 



1854 Ceratina armata Smith Q. — Catal. H3'men. 13rit. Mus. II. p. 224. 



»9- Bhick, chjsely and strongly pnuctured, clypens has a central 

 yelh)W groove, pnnctures rnning irregnlarly into lines: ]al)runi and 

 mandihles are simihirly sculptured. Thorax: tubercU^s and a minute 

 spot at tho base of the tibiae above yellow; metathorax opake, very 

 finely punctured ; wings fusco-hyaline, darkest at their apical margins ; 

 legs dark rufo-testaceous, fringed with a pale glittering pubescence ; 

 that on the tarsi dense and pale fulvons, claws ferrnginons, calcaria 

 pale testaceous, posterior tibiae arnied in the niiddle exteriorly with 

 a Sharp stont spine. Abdomen: segment 1. depressed above, smooth, 

 shining and finely pnnctnred, on tho 4. — 0. segments the pnnctures 

 run into lines, the apical (().) segment has a central raised carina: 

 beneath covered with strong elongate pnnctures. — L. T'ö mm. 



Caphnid.« 



2H. Ceratina sculpturata Sm. 



liSod. Ceratina .^rutptarata Smith 9- — Catal. Hymen. Brit. ]\Ins. 

 IL p. 225. 

 »9- Black, closely and dc^eply punctured: head: clypeus has 

 a transverse lunate yellow spot and a similar yeUow spot is situa- 

 ted on the face on each side; the pnnctures run into lines on the 

 clypeus, those on the vertex are very large and deeply impressed; 

 mandibles liave a triangulär yellow s[)ot at their base. Thorax: disk 

 shining, metathorax oi)ake, very closely and finely ])unctured, Avings 

 fuscous, their teguhie testaceous, their outer margins [)ah'; h'gs have 

 a fringe of [)ai(> pubescence l)eneath, tarsi are densely covered with 

 a glittering ])ah^ yellow pubescence, claws and a[)ical j(»ints lerruginous. 

 Apical Segments of the al)domen rugose, covered with a sliort griseous 

 pubescence. L, 8-5 mm. — Senegal.« 



24. Ceratina snbquadrata Sm. 



1851. Cralina siilxinrulrala Smitli 9- — Catal. Hymen. Bi'it. JMiis. 

 IL p. 224. 

 »9- Black, face coarsfdy |mncture(l,cheeks and mandildes smooth 

 and shining; cly])eus truncate, not produced l)eyond the base of 

 the mandihles and liaving an olthmg crcani-cohtured stripc: margin 

 of the Vertex rounded behind. giving the head a sulxpiadrate form (!?). 



