4 o 4 H. Friese, 322 



Le <J a la plus grande partie des mesopleures et du mesosternum rougeätre lavee de jaune. 

 La ? que Le Peletier a decrite sous le nom ä'A. bicolor, est beaucoup moins ornee de jaune, pourrait 

 etre d'une autre espece, ou celle-ci en serait une variete plus ornee." 



AntJiidium cordatum Sm. 



1854 AntJiidium cordatum Smith, ?, in : Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 209. 

 1856 „ „ Smith, in: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, (2) Vol. III, Proc. p. 130. 



1858 „ „ Gueinzitjs, in: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, (2) Vol. V, Proc. p. 10. 



1904 „ „ Friese, d, in : Zeitschr. f. syst. Hym., Bd. IV, p. 105. 



?. Black, strongly and closely punctured, a minute spot on the front a little below the anterior stemma, 

 a narrow line down the inner margin of the eyes, a similar one on the margin of the vertex, clypeus and face 

 on each side as high as the Insertion of the antennae and a spot at the base of the mandibles yellow. Thorax, 

 a spot on the tubercles, another on the tegulae, an epaulet over the tegulae, a spot at each of the lateral angles 

 of the scutellum and the legs yellow ; legs roughly punctured ; wings fusco-hyaline, their apical margins darkest. 

 Abdomen cordate, sides fulvo-testaceous, each segment having an elongate ovate yellow macula, 6. segment 

 entirely fulvo-testaceous and having on each side a yellow macula; beneath fulvo-testaceous, basal margins of 

 the segments fuscous. L. 3V2 Imes (= 7V2 mm). 



Port Natal. 



o 7 wie das $, aber Segment 6 jederseits gezahnt, 7 dreidornig, die seitlichen Dorne gebogen; Ventral- 

 segmente mit bürstenartiger Behaarung, 6 glatt, glänzend und mitten kielartig erhaben. Tibien III verbreitert. 

 L- 7V2— 8V2 mm. 



$ von Mossambique, J Delagoa-Bai; im Mus. Berlin 3 8 von Delagoa-Bai und Kapland (Krebs). 



Südafrika. 



Anthidium apicatum Sm. 



1879 Anthidium apicatum Smith, 9, in "• Descr. new spec. Hymen., p. 84. 



?. Black, punctured, with the head and thorax immaculate, abdomen spotted with yellow. The head 

 and thorax closely and strongly punctured; the sides of the face, below the insertion of the antennae, with pale 

 pubescence; the tarsi with pale fulvous pubescence above, and bright fulvous beneath; .the scutellum produced 

 over the metathorax; wings subhyaline, their apical margins clouded. Abdomen with the first to fourth seg- 

 ments with a small ovate spot at their extreme lateral margins; the fourth segment has an additional spot 

 within the extreme lateral one; the fifth and sixth segments entirely pale yellow; beneath densely clothed with 

 pale fulvous pubescence. L. 3^2 hnes (= 7Y2 mm). 



Natal. 



Anthidium, cucullatum Friese. 

 1904 Anthidium cucullatum Friese, $%, in: Zeitschr. f. system. Hym., Bd. IV, p. 102. 



$. Nigrum, albo-hirtum, densissime ruguloso-punctatum ; clypeo, mandibulis antennarum scapo sanguineis; 

 scutello latissimo, truncato, porrecto; segmentis 1. — 5. utrinque sanguineo-maculatis, 2. — 4. plerumque medio albo- 

 maculatis, scopa albida; pedibus sanguineis; alis fuscis. L. 6 1 / 2 — 7 mm, lat. 4 mm. 



d ut ?, sed segmentis 5. et 6. utrinque dentatis, 7. trispinoso; ventre albo-hirto. L. 6— 6Y 2 mm, lat. 3 mm. 



$. Schwarz, dünn weiß behaart, dicht und grob punktiert, stellenweise runzlig und matt; Clypeus, Man- 

 dibel, Antennenschaft und hinterer Kopfrand blutrot, hinterer Kopfrand kapuzenförmig verlängert, scharfkantig 



