50 Lieut.-Colonel C. T. Bingham on 
tegule, the basal half of the scutellum, and the apices of all 
the femora bright yellow ; the tibia: and tarsi of all the legs, 
the apical margins and sides broadly of the basal two, and 
the disks of the remaining abdominal segments red. Wings 
fusco-hyaline; nervures, stigma, and tegule brownish yellow. 
Head posteriorly, the thorax, legs, and apical three abdominal 
segments with yellowish-white pilosity, the hairs soft, rather 
curled, and long on the back of the head and the thorax, and 
short, stiff, rather oblique on the legs and abdomen; head 
and thorax smooth and shining, with a few scattered minute 
punctures; abdomen transversely finely rugulose, subopaque, 
not shining. 
Length, ¢, 65 exp. 12 millim. 
Male unknown. 
Hab. Recorded from Durban (A. Koss). 
Nearest to P. purpurisata, Vachal, from Algeria. 
Prosopis gracilis, sp. n. 
9. Black, the clypeus with a T-shaped yellow mark, the 
lateral arms of the T very short, the down stroke very broad, 
the yellow not reaching the upper margin of the clypeus ; 
head, thorax, and abdomen covered with a short, fairly dense, 
soft, dingy, white pilosity, longer and stiffer on the tibiz and 
tarsi of the posterior legs; the apical four joints of the tarsi 
and the claws reddish yellow, entirely smooth, polished, and 
shining, with a few scattered minute punctures. Head with 
the front slightly concave. Thorax: the mesonotum convex, 
with three short, longitudinally impressed, parallel lines ; 
cordate area at base of median segment broad, concave, and 
minutely rugulose within. Wings hyaline and iridescent ; 
nervures, stigma, and tegule yellowish brown. Abdomen 
strongly depressed and attenuate at base, clavate posteriorly. 
Length, 2, 4°53; exp. 8°5 millim. 
Hab. Recorded from Durban (A. Foss). 
Family Apide. 
Genus HALICTUS. 
Halictus jucundus, Smith. 
Halictus jucundus, Smith, Cat. Hym. B, M. i, (1853) p. 54; Sauss. 
Grandid. Hist. Madagasc. xx, (1898) p. 51. ; 
Four females, Pretoria (Distant) ; Durban (A. Zoss). 
