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Scrapter niger Lep. 

 1825 Scrapter niger Lepelbtiee, <^, in: Enoycl. method. Insect., T. X, p. 403. 



<S. Scrapter totus niger; capite, thorace pedibusque cinereo tomentosis; alis apice subfuscis. 

 Entierement noir, avec des poils nombreux d'un gris-cendre principalement sur la tete, le corselet et les 

 partes. Ailes transparentes, leur bord posterieur brun. L. 3V2 hg- ( = 8 mm). 

 Afrika (Caffraria, Mus. Paris). 



Scrapter striatus Smith. 

 1853 Scrapter striatus Smith, $, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 121. 



<J. Black, head as wide as the thorax, vertex longitudinally striate, face covered with ochraceous 

 pubescence, disk of the thorax strongly punctured and thinly covered with ochraceous pubescence; thorax 

 beneath the legs, sides and the abdomen towards the apex covered with cinereous pubescence, at the apex of the 

 abdomen mixed with fulvous hairs; abdomen very shining at the base, tibiae I in front, tarsi I, II and apical 

 joints of tarsi III testaceous. L. 3 lines (= 6Y2 mm). 



Kap. 



Scrapter sjöstedti Friese. 

 1908 Ctenoplectra sjöstedti Ekiese, ?, in: Sjöstedt, Kilimandj.-Exp., Bd. VIII, p. 130. 



?. Wie Scr. fuscipes, aber viel kleiner, Clypeus und Mesonotum grob runzlig, fast höckerig punktiert, 

 Thorax hinten kurz weiß behaart, Analfranse und Ventralsegmentfransen gelbbraun, Scopa weißlich. L. 6 mm, 

 Br. 2 mm. 



6 ebenso, Segmente breit braun gerandet, Analsegment breit, abgestutzt mit gerundeten Ecken. 



L. 5V2 mm . B r - l& li mm - 



6*? von Kibonoto, 1000 — 1300 m, am 30. Sept. und 24. April. Kilimandjaro. 

 Deutsch-Ostafrika. 



Scrapter lactipennis n. sp. 



1908 Ctenoplectra lactipennis, 2, in: Sjöstedt, Kilimandj.-Exp., Bd. VIII, p. 130. 



?. Kleinste Art, schwarz, wie Scr. sjöstedti, aber Mesonotum nur punktiert, ohne höckerige Runzeln; 

 Abdomen fast glatt, Anal- und Ventralsegmentfransen spärlich und weißlich, Ende der Tibie III gelblich, ebenso 

 alle Tarsen gelblich, Scopa weiß; Flügel milchweiß, Adern und Tegulae braun. L. 5 mm, Br. i 1 ^ mm. ^ 



1 ? von Old Kalabar (v. Stefenelli leg.). 



Westafrika. 



Scrapter terminalis Sm. 



1879 Ctenoplectra terminalis Smith, ?, in: Descr. new Spec. Hymen., p. 58. 



?. Head and thorax black; abdomen metallic blue, the apex ferruginous, and clothed with fulvous 



pubescence. The face and cheeks with whitish pubescence; the antennae ferruginous, the flagellum fuscous 



above; the head strongly punctured, the clypeus and labrum coarsely so. Thorax globose, closely and finely 



punctured above ; the sides of the metathorax with whitish pubescence ; wings hyaline, with dark-brown nervures ; 



legs obscurely rufo-piceous, their pubescence black; the posterior tibiae and basal Joint of the tarsi with a thick 



scopa of black pubescence. Abdomen smooth and shining; the first segment with a few scattered punctures at 



the base; the second segment with a transverse waved row of punctures in the middle; the two following seg- 



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