252, Natal Bees 
Ca@LIoxYs BEVISI, sp. nov. 
¢. Length 9-10 mm.; black, wings dark fuliginous except 
basally, legs dark but very distinct red; face with dense pale yellow 
hair; eyes dark brownish-grey, with short hair; mandibles red ; 
mesothorax and scutellum dullish, with large punctures; scutellum 
short, feebly arched behind ; axillar spines rather short and stout ; 
tegule black ; anterior coxee with stout obtuse well-developed spines ; 
spurs pale reddish ; abdomen polished, sparsely punctured, the white 
hair-bands failing in middle; fifth segment without lateral spines, 
sixth with six spines, laterals and lower apicals slender. 
Type: Umbilo, 25th February, 1917 (L. Bevis). Co-type with the 
same data. 
The above Natal species may be separated by the following key : 
ROMANS cBt 08 ob stains athe Batis Eke os eRe Grdntas atte Ge omits sae eee Ve 
NPAC SAE cAMP se vaca oe th Ne eacine Ae tice oe Seat eRe oar ee See eee ae 6. 
1. Eyes bare; axillar teeth short and obtuse.....verticalis, Smith. 
Hivesshainy;: axillar tect donger os. -eensctcn-= er neeeeer 2. 
2. Last ventral segment with lateral notches.....................5 3. 
ast ventral without-lateral motehes.. ...2-2e.0dee-c-- nome 4, 
3. Lateral notches weak ; tegule reddish....... penetatria, Smith. 
Lateral notches strong ; tegul black or reddish../oricula, Smith. 
4. Last ventral conspicuously longer than last dorsal; wings 
(except basally) dark fuliginous with strong violaceous tints 
oles ERIS deat aR ees Te are Noe ne NY alee eee “3a. sens CRA00e, OKI. 
Last ventral wii longer than last dorsal; wings not so 
OLY ol cee eS ere Renee Stan ORS PrN OND «OM rier BRASS Dstt Dd. 
5. Penultimate ventral segment without distinct punctures ; legs 
darlesred hee pon Oh Mtesa county. a ancien cee esenee barkert, Ckll. 
Penultimate ventral segment with distinct punctures; legs 
lola@kers: sos ane aon one eeaes cette tee oeeeraes natalensis, Ckll. 
6. Eyes bare; axillar teeth short.................. verticalis, Smith. 
Miyes tnaiiys gaeace ckesasevetec ese se eniden eee ae nae eer erate tfc 
7. Apical sulcus of abdomen narrow ; inferior apical teeth stout 
s siets Gi Sieve bine aiers oe Mn alin Peet ene Stats eee cre Bourret natalensis, Ckll. 
Apical sulcus of abdomen broad ; inferior apical teeth slender 
sake iw avajera« S18 auch aerate tare atatercestaneretocsie eae es toieielese)ee Ereeeeatincateteinre entiete celem caterer ts 8. 
8. Apical emargination (between lower apical teeth) broad, nearly 
with the form of a semi-circle.................0+++: barkert, Ckll. 
Apical emargination narrower, with the form of the end of a 
| 1S) See RE ner AAr ear Rtn os yonarCRchoococelcopnc bewist, Ckll. 
