22g Die Bienen Afrikas nach dem Stande unserer heutigen Kenntnisse. 311 



Crocisa meripes Vach. ? 

 1903 Crocisa meripes Vachal, <J$, in: Ann. Soc. ent. Trance, T. LXXII, p. 380. 



?d?. C. calceatae similis, differt: prototarsis, mesosterno et ventre nigro tantum pilosis. 



6 valvula analis ventralis convexiuscula pubescens, valvula dorsalis inter angulos sinuata. 



1 2 du Rio Mo.uny, print. 98 (Bouyssou); 2 2 de La Kungu et Kinschassa, Congo beige (Haas et 

 Waelbrock); 1 2 et 1 6 des chutes de Samlia (MOCQUERYS), Mus. Bruxelles. 



Kongo. 



Dr. L. Schultze brachte 2 2 aus der Wüste Kalahari mit, von Kooa und Khakhea. Weitere Exemplare 

 liegen mir von Ostafrika (Kigonsera, Ikutha), Nord-Transvaal (Shilouvane) und Eritrea vor, von Westafrika 

 (Togo und Ondonga). 



Crocisa quinquefasciata Sm. 



1879 Crocisa quinquefasciata Smith, ?, in: Descr. new spee. Hymen., p. 108. 



1891 „ subcontigua Saüssüee, <J$, in: Gkandidier, Hist. Madagascar, T. XX, Part. 1, p. 82, tab. 3, flg. 17. 



2- Length 5 lines (= 10 7s mm). Black, decorated with spots and markings of white pubescence; the 

 abdomen with fine narrow fasciae of white pubescence, which are slightly interrupted in the middle. The 

 head with white pubescence. The prothorax, three spots on the mesothorax anteriorly, two posteriorly, a narrow 

 line over the tegulae, the sides of the metathorax and a large patch beneath the wings, of white pubescence; 

 the legs have a short white pubescence; wings fuscous, with hyaline spots in the marginal and submarginal 

 cells; the hinder wings hyaline at their base; the scutellum produced over the base of the abdomen; its 

 posterior margin deeply notched. The fasciae on the abdomen recurved up the lateral margin s. 



Hab. Madagascar. (Nicht wie D. T. von Madeira!) 



Anhang. 

 Crocisa calcarata Vach. 

 1903 Crocisa calcarata Vachal, rf, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 382. 



„<$. Squamis tricolori-caeruleis ubertim ornata; scutellum 4-notatum, bis in pteromatibus, bis in disco. 

 Segmentum 1 vestitum, margine apicali anguloque producto ejus tantum nudis; segmentum 2 fascia completa 

 media in medio attenuata, lateraliter antice inflata. Segmenta 3 — 5 fascia lata apicali interrupta. Segmenti 

 medialis latera praeter soütum nigro-villosa. Articulus antennarum 3 fere brevior quam 4. 



cf. Femur posticum subtus post medium valde calcaratum. Valvula dorsalis truncata, ventralis in medio 

 basis triangulariter glabrata. L. 12 — 13 mm. 



1 $ de Chanchamayo (Afr. austr.?). 



Nota. — Au dernier moment l'auteur apprend que Chanchamayo est pres de Lima, au Perou. L'in- 

 dication de cette localite est-elle exacte?" 



In Peru dürfte schwerlich eine derartig gefärbte Crocisa vorkommen?! Fr. 



Crocisa foroesii Kirby. 



1900 Crocisa forbesii Kibby, 2, in: Bull. Liverp. Mus., Vol. III, p. 21. 



1903 „ „ Kirby, $ 2, in: Nat. Hist. of Sokotra, p. 251, tab. 16, fig. 10. 



1906 Nomia „ Kohl, 2 5, in: Denkschr. Akad. Wien, Bd. LXXI, p. 179; Taf. IV, Fig. 2 u. 4. 



Nach Kohl (1906) eine Nomia scutellaris var. ! 

 Sokotra. 



