i62 H. Friese, 80 



head; the scutellum slightly depressed in the middle. Metanotal area clearly defined by a keel behind, strongly 

 but not closely striated; the segment behind it closely rugosely punctured. Abdomen closely and strongly 

 punctured, the second segment and, to a less extent, the third depressed at the base; the bands under the 

 pubescence are lead-coloured. Tegulae piceous. 



The female similarly coloured ; the hind femora and tibiae not dilated ; the pubescence on the legs denser 

 and longer; the femora not toothed. 



Comes near to N. calida West. ; the two may be known, inter alia by the dif ferent shapes of the hinder 

 legs; in dalyana the hind femora are straight at the base below; in calida roundly, broadly curved to the tooth; 

 in calida the tibiae are more produced at the apex, with the process longer, sharper, it being very much longer 

 compared with the width of the metatarsus; the black colour on femora, too, extends below on the basal half 

 in calida; in dalyana it does not extend below anywhere. 



Kapland — Grahamstown. 



Nomia rubella Sm. 



1875 Nomia rubella Smith, $, in: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, p. 65, tat>. 2, fig. 17. 

 1904 „ „ Priese, $, in: Zeitschr. f. syst. Hym., Bd. IV, p. 296. 



d. Head and thorax black, abdomen red; head and thorax closely and strongly punctured; front of 

 the head clothed with griseous pubescence; mesothorax with a central impressed line and an abbreviated one 

 on each side of it; scutellum depressed in the middle and subtuberculate on each side; wings fuscous and with 

 a violet iridescence; femora III and tibiae punctured, femora greaüy swollen and with a minute tooth beneath 

 near their apex; tibiae narrow at their base to Vs °f their length, then abruptly dilated and having a minute 

 tooth beneath near their apex; tarsi ferruginous at their base. Abdomen black at its extreme base, rather 

 strongly and very closely punctured, apical margins of the segments smooth and shining, apex with fuscous 

 pubescence. L. 5 lines (= 1 1 1 / i mm). 



Gambia. 



? wie S, aber Beine unbewehrt; Scopa dünn und kurz, goldgelb; Metatarsus parallel, fast von Tibien- 

 breite und am Ende lang und dicht rot beborstet; Borstenreihe gerade abgeschnitten; Tarsenglied 2 und 3 

 stark verbreitert; Ventralsegmente lang rotgelb behaart. L. 10 mm, Br. 3 V2 mm - 



$ö* von Shilouvane (N.-Transvaal) durch Junod im Dezember beobachtet; im Mus. Berlin $ von der 

 Delagoa-Bai, Bondei Pagani, im Mai 1900 (Glauning), ? von Chinchoxo (Falkenstein), Hinterland von Lindi 

 (Nyassa-See) am 14. April 1897 (Fülleborn). 



Nomia rubra Friese. 

 1904 Nomia rubra Friese, tf, in: Zeitschr. f. syst. Hym., Bd. IV, p. 297. 



8. Nigra, ut N. rubella, sed major; antennarum articulo ultimo patellato; segmento 6. utrinque dentato, 

 ventrali 4. bidentato; pedibus fuscis, III armatis, tibiis III tetragonis, basi interiore dentato, apice lamellato. 

 L. 15 mm, lat. 5 mm. 



(?. Schwarz, Abdomen rot, wie N. rubella, aber doppelt so groß; Antenne verlängert, Glieder doppelt 

 so lang wie breit, Endglied mit sti eiförmiger Basis, dann als ovale, papierdünne Platte verbreitert; Scutellum 

 konvex, mit fast glatter Scheibe; Abdomen mit breiten, glatten Segmenträndern, sonst dicht grob punktiert und 

 rot bis auf die Basis von Segment 1, mit nur 6 Segmenten; Segment 6 jederseits gezahnt; Ventralsegmente mit 

 befilztem Endrande, 4 am Rande jederseits der Mitte mit aufrechtem, dreieckigem Dorn, 5 ausgerandet. Beine 

 braun bis schwarzbraun, III verdickt und bewehrt, Femur III ohne Endzahn, dafür aber die Tibie III an der 





