Hymenoptera acukata collected in Algeria. 183 



Sphecodes reticulatus, Thorns. 



$ 2. Hippone on Avwii visnaga, 12 and 15, viii, 96. 



(A. E. E.) 

 ? 2. Bone 1, v, 96. {A. E. E.) 

 ? 4. Biskra, 1, iv and 10, v, 97. {A. E. E.) 



All the specimens of the above two species have red 

 tibia3 and entirely red abdomen. 



Sphecodes ruficornis, Sich. 



^ ^. Biskra, on the north side of the ridge beyond Beni 

 Mora, on Ammi visnaga, 30, v, 97. {A. E. E.) 



Sphecodes ruficornis, Sich. var. 



$. Biskra cornlands, bordering the route des Ziban, on 



Ammi visnaga, 18, v, 93. {A. E. E.) 

 ^ 7, $ 1. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 15 to 30, v, 97. 

 {A. E. E.) 



These specimens are rather smaller than the above, the 

 thorax is entirely black, and the antennae and femora 

 nearly so. They all, however, have the pale tegula; which 

 separates them from the other species with the exception 

 of rujithorax, Mor. 



Sphecodes rufithorax, Mor. 



^ 2. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 8, vii, 97. {A. E. E.) 

 ? 1. „ 9, V, 98. {F. D. M.) 



Sphecodes atrohirtus, Per, 



^ 2. HippOne, 10, iii, 96. {A. E. E.) 



? 2. Biskra, 24, iii, 94 and 3, iii, 97. {A. E. E.) 



$ 2, $ 3. Algiers, 18, iii to 29, iv, 98. {F. D. 31.) 



Sphecodes puncticeps, Thoms. 



$ 8, $ 1. Le Tarf, on Foiniculum vulgarc, 24 to 27, vii, 96. 

 {A. E. E.) 



Sphecodes pilifrons, Thoms. 



$ 2. Bone, 7 and 23, iii, 96. (A. E. E.) 



Sphecodes, sp. ? 



$ 1. Biskra, 4, iv, 97. {A. E. E.) 



