212 



H. Friese, ^o 



Differe de A. ictis par sa taille plus grande, son chaperon plus noir, son calus tout noir, son abdomen 

 moins retreci vers la base a. sculpture un peu plus marquee, la villosite plus abondante. L. 6 l / 2 — 7 mm - 



i ? de Rio Mouny print. 98 et i ? de Lastourville VIII— IX, 98 (Bouyssou), coli. Vachal; i ? de 

 Vista, Congo beige (Moerenhout), Mus. Bruxelles. 



Kongo. 



Allodape nigrinervis Cam. 

 1905 Allodape nigrinervis Cameeon, $, in: Tr. S.-Afr. Phil. Soc, Vol. XV, p. 246. 



?. Black, smooth and shining, the apex of clypeus shagreened; a large yellow mark down its centre; 

 it is broadly dilated above, the upper edge roundly incised, the narrowed lower part becoming narrowed below, 

 its sides irregulär; the apex and the labrum fuscous, the latter with a few large punctures. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and nervures black, the first recurrent nervure received at twice the distance from the base, that the 

 second is from the apex. L. nearly 5 mm. 



Ocellar region minutely punctured; the frontal furrow acute; flagellum brownish below; there is a row 

 of punctures along the lower inner orbits, inside the keel; metanotal area minutely punctured; tegulae fuscous, 

 yellow on the outer side; below and slightly in front of tegulae is a large pale yellow mark, longer than broad, 

 with straight sides. The hair on the legs thick, long, white, darker coloured on the tarsi which are tinged 

 with testaceous; the spurs pale testaceous. As usual the apical abdominal segments are punctured and pilose. 

 Wings highly iridescent. The lower edges of the top part of the clypeal mark are rounded and do not project 

 downwards. 



Kapland — Pearston. 



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Allodape panurgoides Sm. 



1854 Allodape panurgoides Smith, $, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 231. 



■ $. Black and shining, face closely and strongly punctured, a narrow line on the clypeus and another 

 close to the eyes yellow, cheeks very smooth and shining, punctures scattered; flagellum rufotestaceous beneath. 

 Thorax, the disk smooth and shining, having a central impressed line and 2 on each side; wings fusco-hyaline, 

 tegulae testaceous, nervures ferruginous. Posterior tibiae and all the tarsi clothed with short bright fulvous 

 pubescence, claws ferruginous. Abdomen covered with strong elongate punctures, most dense towards the apex. 

 L. 4 lines (= 8V2 mm). 



Südafrika (coli. Morgan). 



Allodape pictifrons Sm. 



1854 Allodape pictifrons Smith, §, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 228, tab. 7, fig. 5. 



$. Black, a narrow yellow stripe along the inner margins of the eyes and another down the middle of 

 the clypeus, which is produced and rounded at its anterior margin; face on each side above the clypeus 

 depressed, as in the genus Ceratina, the antennae inserted in the depressions, between which is a raised carina 

 running from the clypeus to the anterior stemma, where it divides and partly encloses it, the head is shining 

 and strongly punctured. Thorax smooth and shining on the disk, very delicately punctured, interspersed with 

 larger punctures, particularly the scutellum and sides of the thorax; wings subhyaline, nervures fuscous, legs 

 have a pale glittering pubescence, that on the tarsi, which is dense, slightly yellow, posterior tibiae towards 

 their apex in front and the claw-joint of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen shining, delicately punctured and 



