141 



Fixe 9 $ and seven <? $ collected at Oloke Meji, Ibadau, 

 Xigeria, Aug.-Sept. 1914 (Bridwell). 



Type S , allotype and paratypes in tlie author's collection. 



x\"amed in honor of Dr. Joseph Bequaert of the American 

 Museum of Xatural History, whose recent work on the Ethio- 

 pian Vespidae is an example of what systematic work at its 

 best may be. 



Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) Bouyssoui (Vachal). 



Prosopis bouyssoui Vachal. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fi-ance 

 68:535 ? (nee $). WBovo 1899. 



Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) capicola (Alfken). 

 Prosopis capicola Alfken. 



Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1914 $ Algoa Bay, So. Afr. 



Differs from longuhis by the iiner puncturing of the head. 



the shorter supraorbital fovea, the short yellow line on the 



clypeus, the yellow line on the pronotum, spot on tubercles and 



iiner puncturing of the thorax. 



Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) curvicarinatus (Cameron). 



Prosopis curvicarinnta Cameron. Trans. So. Afr. Phil. 

 Soc. 15:236 $ Pearston, Cape Colony 1905. 

 '^.Prosopis robertiana Cameron. 



Trans. So. Afr. Phil. Soc. 16 :325 $ Pearston, Cape 

 Colony 1906. 



Prosopis atriceps AKken (nee Friese). 



Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1914:188 S (nee 9) Port 



Elizabeth, Cape Colony, So. Afr. 

 Prosopis tenuis Alfken. 



I.e. 188 9 ( 5 ?) Algoa Bay, So. Afr. 



I have 16 9 9 and 22 $ $ which were determined at the 

 South African Museiun as atneeps. The sexes were associated 

 by breeding them from nests in twigs like those of the Euro- 

 pean and ISTorth American species. After a careful study of 

 the description I find that the female corresponds more closely 



