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Hair of mesothorax and scutellum ferruginous (¢); first abdom- 
inal segment strongly punctured .... 1. 
1. Basal area of metathorax with a strong transverse keel .. . . 
marley. 
Basal area of metathorax without such a keel .... durbanensis. 
CoLLETES MARTINI, Sp. NOv. 
¢ (type). Length about 9 mm.; black, the mandibles at apex, 
last joint of tarsi, and base of hind basitarsi red; head and thorax 
with abundant long pure white hair, except that on scutellum and 
post-scutellum it is clear orange-ferruginous ; head very broad, facial 
quadrangle broader than long; antenne black, the flagellum dark 
coffee-brown beneath, flagellar joints much longer than broad ; malar 
space conspicuously longer than broad ; mesothorax closely and rather 
finely punctured, the surface hard to see because of the hair ; scutellaum 
anteriorly bare, polished and impunctate ; area of metathorax with 
extremely short basal plice, followed by a rugose area, but the 
apical part smooth and polished; tegule testaceous; wings clear 
hyaline, stigma ferruginous, nervures fuscous, second submarginal 
cell very broad ; legs with white hair on outer side, anterior tibize 
and all the tarsi with pale golden on inner; abdomen with the 
first two segments closely and finely punctured ; first segment thickly 
covered with long ochreous-tinted hair, the apical band pale reddish, 
white at sides; segments 2 to 5 with very dense broad white hair- 
bands. 
?. Length about 11 mm. ; the general appearance like the male ; 
middle joints of flagellum a little broader than long; malar space 
large, slightly broader than long ; vertex with pale fuscous hair; hair 
of mesothorax slightly yellowish, mixed with very pale fuscous, but 
still contrasting with the orange-fulvous of scutellum ; hind legs 
mainly red, and the other legs with red stains; first abdominal 
segment with dense creamy-white hair, the apical band narrow ; 
second segment with similar but much shorter hair; segments 2 to 5 
with broad white apical bands; segments 4 and 5 with scattered 
black hairs before the bands. 
Willowmore, Cape Colony (Dr. H. Brauns). Male, 15th March, 
1903; female, 15th October, 1899. Apparently nearest to C. 
schultzei, Friese, but smaller, and with very conspicuous abdominal 
hands. C. fasciatus, Smith has orange abdominal bands, 
