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with abundant fulvous hair, but vertex with dark brown; 
mesothorax densely rugoso-punctate, entirely dull ; scutellum 
swollen posteriorly, but rounded, entirely dull and rough, 
except a small shining space in middle, where the punctures 
are distinctly separated ; thorax above with rufo-fulvous 
hair, strongly suffused with brown on mesothorax; on 
under side of thorax the hair is very pale, but not pure 
white. Wings dark grey, with lilacine tints, upper half of 
marginal cell dark brown; b.n. going basad of t.-m.; 
second r.n. going beyond end of second s.m. as much as 
first r.n. is beyond first t.-c. Anterior tibiee and tarsi with 
long hair behind; middle and hind tibiz with bright ferru- 
ginous hair on inner side; pnlvilli small, but distinct. 
Abdomen broad, well-punctured, first segment with long 
ochreous hair; second and third with ochreous basally, 
fuscous to black apically ; fourth to sixth with coarse but 
not dense black hair; ventral scopa reddish yellow, dark 
ferruginous on last segment. 
Montague, C.C., Oct. 1917 (H#. P. Phillips). South 
African Museum. 
Slosely related to D. trachusiforme (Anthidium trachusi- 
forme, Friese), from Ookiep, about 300 miles north of Cape 
Town. It differs from Friese’s species in being larger, 
without distinct teeth on clypeal margin, and with much 
black hair on abdomen. WD. trachusiforme is: described as 
10 mm. long and 4 mm. broad. 
Hypanthidium chionopodum, sp. un. 
? .—Length about 7:5 mm., anterior wing 6°2 mm. 
Compact and robust; entirely black, including mandibles, 
antenne, tegule, and legs, but hind margins of abdominal 
segments 2 to 5 narrowly pellucid ; front and sides of face | 
with long white hair ; clypeus densely punctured, with thin 
dull white hair (no black or brown), its lower margin rather 
indistinctly crenulate; vertex with long black hair, but that 
of occiput pure white; sides of thorax with dense pure 
white hair, but dorsum with thin white hair, and long black 
hairs intermixed; mesothorax and scutellum densely punc- 
tured but glistening; scutellum with the edge rather sharp, 
but not much produced, the margin except at sides nearly 
straight; tegule feebly and sparsely punctured. Wings 
dusky, dark brown in upper half of marginal cell, and more 
suffusedly at apex ; b.n. going far basad of t.-m.; first r.n. 
strongly curved ; second r.n. going a short distance beyond 
end of seconds.m. Anterior tarsi clear ferruginous apically ; 
