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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  CockeYeW— 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  Crocisa 
  calceata, 
  Vaclial. 
  

  

  Grangezieht, 
  S. 
  Africa, 
  Nov. 
  30, 
  1907 
  (C. 
  K. 
  Brain). 
  

   This 
  agrees 
  exactly 
  with 
  one 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Brauns 
  at 
  

   Bothaville, 
  Orange 
  Free 
  State, 
  March 
  10, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Dianthidium 
  ehrhoi^ni 
  (Cockerel!). 
  

   Grossmontj 
  near 
  San 
  Diego_, 
  California 
  (C 
  H. 
  Richardson). 
  

  

  Dianthidium 
  tegivaniense, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  , 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm, 
  

  

  Robust, 
  blackj 
  marked 
  with 
  lemon-yellow 
  ; 
  pubescence 
  

   scanty, 
  white, 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  glittering 
  creamy 
  white 
  ; 
  labrum 
  

   and 
  mandibles 
  black, 
  mandibles 
  with 
  strong 
  deep 
  oval 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  margin 
  black, 
  minutely 
  

   nodulose 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  sutural 
  band 
  extends 
  over 
  upper 
  margin 
  

   of 
  clypeus 
  and 
  halfway 
  down 
  sides, 
  and 
  connects 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad, 
  rather 
  bottle-shaped, 
  median 
  black 
  band 
  which 
  divides 
  

   the 
  supraclypeal 
  yellow 
  into 
  two 
  halves 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  the 
  

   supraclypeal 
  area, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  sides 
  of 
  face, 
  yellow 
  up 
  to 
  level 
  

   of 
  antennae, 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  face-marks 
  extending 
  upwards 
  

   as 
  narrowing 
  bands, 
  which 
  end 
  in 
  a 
  point 
  on 
  orbital 
  margin 
  

   above 
  middle 
  of 
  front 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  rufo-})iceous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  above 
  very 
  densely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured; 
  

   scuteilum 
  with 
  a 
  projecting 
  edge, 
  obtusely 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   angular 
  tubercles 
  marked 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  a 
  light 
  yellow 
  

   mark 
  beneath 
  and 
  behind 
  wings, 
  but 
  thorax 
  otherwise 
  

   black 
  ; 
  tegulse 
  piceons, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  light 
  reddish 
  margin, 
  

   and 
  a 
  yellow 
  spot 
  in 
  front. 
  Wings 
  strongly 
  dusky, 
  b. 
  n. 
  

   meeting 
  t.-m., 
  second 
  r. 
  n. 
  going 
  beyond 
  second 
  s.m. 
  Legs 
  

   black 
  at 
  base, 
  but 
  femora 
  otherwise 
  red, 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  

   middle 
  ones 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  yellow 
  band 
  beneath 
  ; 
  tibise 
  and 
  

   basitarsi 
  yellow 
  on 
  outer 
  side, 
  ferruginous 
  on 
  ii)ner, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiffi 
  clouded 
  with 
  dusky 
  witliin 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsi 
  very 
  broad 
  ; 
  

   small 
  joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  first 
  three 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  black, 
  with 
  broad 
  yellow 
  widely 
  interrupted 
  

   bands, 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  lateral 
  thirds 
  or 
  less; 
  band 
  on 
  fourth 
  

   segment 
  narrowly 
  interrupted 
  ; 
  fifth 
  segment 
  yellow 
  except 
  

   the 
  ferruginous 
  hind 
  margin, 
  sixth 
  segment 
  yellow 
  ; 
  venter 
  

   (beneath 
  the 
  scopa) 
  ferruginous, 
  with 
  narrow 
  dark 
  bands. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Tegwani, 
  S. 
  Africa, 
  Jan. 
  5, 
  1909 
  (C. 
  K. 
  Brain). 
  

  

  In 
  Friese's 
  table 
  of 
  Anthidium 
  (' 
  Die 
  Bienen 
  Afrikas 
  ') 
  

   this 
  runs 
  close 
  to 
  A. 
  cordulum 
  and 
  A. 
  truncatum, 
  but 
  is 
  easily 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  markings. 
  D. 
  tegivaniense 
  belongs 
  to 
  

   the 
  subgenus 
  Anthidiellum. 
  

  

  