I5 3 H. Friese, 7 6 



with pubescent fasciae. The flagellum bright fulvous beneath, mandibles f erruginous at their base ; wings hyaline, 

 their nervures rufo-testaceous, as well as the tegulae, costal nervure fuscous; base of the abdomen very finely 

 and closely punctured. L. 472 Hnes (= io 1 /.! mm). 



S. Rather smaller than the ?, which it greatly resembles; face with bright fulvous pubescence; the 

 antennae ferruginous, with the flagellum more or less fuscous above; wings as in the female; legs bright pale 

 f erruginous, coxae and trochanters rufo-piceous, femora III not swollen; segments 1—2 finely and closely punctured. 



Sierra Leone. 



Westafrika: Old Fort Brandenborg, im August 1892 $ von Dr. Brauns gesammelt, <S von Conakry 

 (Los-Inseln) ; von Old Kalabar, Togo, Transvaal (Shilonvane) ; Kigonsera, Dar-es-Salam und Somaliland (Ostafrika). 

 Also weitverbreitete Art. 



Nomia nubecula Sm. 



1875 Notnia nubecula Smith, ö% i n: Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 68. 



J. Black; pubescence fulvous, tibiae and tarsi pale ferruginous; anterior wings hyaline, with a dark 

 cloud at their apex, commencing at the apex of the 3. submarginal cell. Head anteriorly clothed with short, 

 bright, pale-fulvous pubescence; mandibles ferruginous, scape and flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax above 

 closely punctured, scutellum bituberculate, tegulae not enlarged and rufo-testaceous, femora III and tibiae simple. 

 Abdomen shining, slightly punctured at the base, more closely and strongly so beyond, apical margins, of the 

 segments narrowly testaceous and fringed with pale-fulvous pubescence. L. 4 lines (= 9 mm). 



Sierra Leone. 



This species would probably have the mesothorax and scutellum covered with short, fulvous pubescence, 

 in very recently disclosed specimens. 



Nomia serratula Sm. 



1875 Nomia serratula Smith, $, in : Trans. Entom. Soc. London, p. 66. 



5- Black, apical margins of the segments bright rufo-testaceous; the entire insect closely and strongly 

 punctured. Head, below the insertion of the antennae, covered with cinereous pubescence. Thorax: the legs 

 obscurely rufo-piceous, tarsi palest; a cinereous pubescence on the legs as well as on the thorax beneath and 

 on the sides; the posterior legs not swollen, their tibiae serrated exteriorly; wings subhyaline at their base with 

 a fuscous cloud beyond the stigma and brightly iridescent, nervures fuscous, tegulae black. Abdomen: apical 

 margins much depressed; beneath rufo-testaceous. L. 3% Hnes (= 8V4 mm). 



Natal. 



This species varies in the colouring of the abdomen from that described to being ferruginous with only 

 the basal segment or with that and a dark stain in the middle of the 2. black. 



Nomia rufitarsis Sm. 



1875 Nomia rufitarsis Smith, rf, i n: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, p. 67. 



6- Black, closely punctured, tarsi pale-ferruginous, abdomen with 3 snow-white fasciae. 



Head: face covered with cinereous pubescence; the flagellum of the antennae fulvous beneath. Thorax: 

 pubescence on the sides, beneath and on the legs cinereous; scutellum bituberculate, postscutellum with white 

 pubescence; wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures fuscous, tegulae testaceous, posterior legs simple. Abdomen: 

 apical margins of the 2.— 4. segments white, margin of the basal segment fringed laterally with griseous pubes- 

 cence. L. 3 lines (= 6 s / 4 mm). 



Angola (Westafrika). 



