196 Natal Bees. 
It is not quite certain that the male belongs to the same species, but 
without more material it seems hazardous to separate it. The 
character which especially suggests doubt as to identity is the smooth 
shining scutellum, that of the female being conspicuously black haired. 
If the male is separable, it must represent another new species. 
CROcCISA CANDIDA, sp. nov. 
@. Length 10-12 mm.; markings pure white; margin of - 
scutellum ——-like ; long white hair from behind notch; disc of 
scutellum with short black hair, but no light spots; axille with 
white hair on margin next to scutellum ; anterior wings very dark ; 
hind femora not toothed ; hind tibiz with white hair on basal two- 
thirds ; hind basitarsi with thin white hair on outer side; marks at 
sides of first abdominal segment C-like, the interval between the 
apical bands at least as great as length of bands ; bands of second 
segment very broad, broadest laterally, where the anterior margin is 
obtusely more or less angular ; sternum not hairy, but small tufts of 
white hair on the cox. In Friese’s table runs near C. meripes, 
Vachal, and C. calceata, Vachal, from which it is easily separated by 
the pure white hair. There is a strong general resemblance to C. 
braunsiana, Friese, but the interval between the abdominal bands is 
greater, and the scutellum is not spotted. It is also related to C. 
alfkeni, Brauns, from Willowmore, but with darker wings. It is 
possibly a local race of C. alfkeni, the 2 of C. alfkeni is 7 to 10 mm. 
long. 
Bellair, Natal, 13th January, 1919 (EK. C. Chubb). Two specimens. 
PROSOPIS BRAUNSI, Alfken. 
Dr. Brauns (litt., 1918) now states that P. brawnsi is a valid 
species. He adds that it varies in the red on base of abdomen; the 
red may even be absent. The colour of the legs also varies. Dr. 
Brauns saw the type of P. rubriplagiata, Cameron, and found it to 
be P. heraldica, Smith. 
PROSOPIS HERALDICA, Smith. 
9. Umbilo, February, 1917 (L. Bevis) ; Durban, 31st July, 1916 
(C. N. Barker). 
