r>escrij>tions and Uecords of Dees. 3.39 



to vein 2, incurved in submcdian interspace and slightly 

 arif^lcd outwards on vein 1 ; a fine brown terminal lino ; cilia 

 yellow tinged witli rufous. Hind wing golden-orange with 

 a tciniinal series of brown stri;e. I'ndi-rside of fore wing 

 yellow, the cell and costal area towards apex tinged with 

 Hery red. 



llab. Bk. E. Afuic.v, I'^b Urru {Betton), 1 ? type. Exp. 

 ^4: mm. 



Genus Melanalis, nov. 



Proboscis aborted, small ; palpi porrect, straight, extending 

 about the length of head ; maxillary palpi filiform ; irons 

 smooth ; antennie of female ciliated. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from nciir angle of cell ; -l, 5 shortly stalked ; G from upper 

 angle; 7, 8, U stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 4, 5 

 stalked ; (), 7 from upper angle. 



Melanalis perfusca^ sp. n. 



2 . Deep fuscous black ; frons and vertex of head ochrcons 

 white ; tibiae and tarsi banded with ochreous. Fore wing 

 •with ochreous antemedial band with irregular edges, narrowing 

 below cell ; a postmedial spot on costa and two points above 

 inner margin. Hind wing black-brown. 



Hub. Natal, Wccnen. E.rp. 18 mm. Type in Coll. 

 Rothschild. 



XLVI. — Descriptions and Records of Bees. — X. 

 }l\ T. 1). A. CocKERELL, University of Colorado. 



Halictoides falluffia, sp. n. 



Jldlkfoiflexjlmhriatfts, var., Ckll. Entoni. News, 1901, p. -11. 



$ . — Length about 7| mm. 



Black, with no blue tints ; pubescence white, rather abun- 

 dant on head and thorax, a few fuscous hairs on scntellum ; 

 head seen from in front not far from round ; clypcus pro- 

 ieeting but not produced, shining, convex, with viry few 

 large punctures, lateral lower corners produced downwards, 

 dentitorm ; front and vertex with dense small punctures ; 

 flagellum ferruginous beneath except at base, the apical part 

 very stout ; mesothorax very finely punctured ; anterior part 



