n6 H - Friese, 34 



fusco-hyaline, nervures, Stigma and tegulae brownish-yellow. Head posteriorly, thorax, legs, apical 3 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. L. ? 6 mm, exp. 12 mm. 



Durban (ähnlich = purpurisata Vach., von Algerien). 



Kapland. 



Alphabetische Uebersicht der Arten von Sphecodes: 



1. Sphecodes africanus Friese 5. Sphecodes guineensis Vach. 



2. „ capensis Cam. 6. „ oneili Cam. 



3. „ cribrosus Spin. 7. „ punctatus Sich. 



4. „ iridipennis Cam. 8. „ senegalensis Sich. 



1. Sphecodes africanus Friese. 

 1908 Sphecodes africanus Friese, 5, in: Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 1908, p. 567. 



Große Form mit ganz rotem Abdomen, roten Beinen und schwarzbraunen Flügeln. 



?. Schwarz, kaum behaart, Kopf dicht runzlig punktiert, matt, ohne ebene Zwischenräume, Mandibel 

 rotbraun, Antenne schwarz, alle Glieder breiter als lang. Thorax gröber punktiert, auf Mesonotum mit glänzenden, 

 glatten Zwischenräumen; Scutellum und Area grobhöckerig gerunzelt. Abdomen rot, punktiert, glänzend, Seg- 

 ment 6 klein, schwarzbraun. Beine rotgelb, Calcar bleich. Flügel schwarzbraun, mit schwach violettem Schimmer, 

 Adern und Tegulae schwarzbraun, Tegulae mit weißem Fleck auf der Vorderhälfte. L. 9V2 mm, Br. 2V2 mm - 



1 ? von Ukami in Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika). 



Sphecodes capensis Cam. 

 1 905 Sphecodes capensis Cam., d, in : Eec. Albany Mus., Vol. I, p. 329. 



ö\ Black, the apex of the 1. abdominal segment and the sides of the 2nd and 3rd segments broadly, 

 red; the mandibles dark red before the apex; wings clear hyaline, iridescent, the nervures and stigma blackish, 

 the latter fuscous behind; the hind wings with 8 narrow curved hooks. L. 6 mm. 



Heard thickly covered with longish white pubescence, the front and Vertex closely rugose; the clypeus 

 more strongly, less closely punctured. Labrum smooth and shining; a small rounded incision in the centre of 

 the apex above. Mesonotum strongly, but not very closely punctured; the base of scutellum sparsely, the 

 apex, more closely punctured. Postscutellum closely rugosely punctured. Base of metanotum closely, strongly, 

 irregularly and somewhat obliquely striated. Propleurae strongly, the mesopleurae more closely and less strongly 

 reticulated, the apex above with some oblique Striae; the metapleurae wrinkled and bearing some Striae at the 

 base. Basal 3 segments of abdomen closely and strongly punctured, the apex of the 2nd and 3rd depressed and 

 smooth. Apical joints of tarsi and calcaria pale-testaceous. 



Kapland. 



Sphecodes cribosus Spin. 

 1843 Sphecodes cribosus Spin., $>?, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, (2) T. I, p. 139. 



$ (?). Niger, pedibus alisque nigris ; abdomine opaco, punctatissimo, toto rubro ; metathorace postice rotun- 

 dato-convexo. 



