434 H ' Friese ' 352 



of the segments and the apical ferruginous ; all the segments have an uninterrupted white- band of pubescence 

 on their apical margins attenuated in the middle, the basal one sometimes interrupted; apical segment acute, the 

 upper plate having a sharp carina, not quite extending to its base, the sides of the plate fringed with white 

 pubescence; the ventral plate longer than the superior, terminating in a short spine, subacute at its apex. 

 L. 5 lines (= 10Y2 mm). 



d — closely resembles the ?, but is more pubescent, particularly on the disk of the thorax, that on the 

 face has a golden tinge; apex of the abdomen armed with 8 spines, the 1. pair are placed at the lateral angles 

 of the 5. segment, 2. pair at the basal lateral angles of the 6. segment, apex of which is furnished with 2 on 

 each side, the upper pair short and acute, the lower pair twice their length and more slender and acute. 

 L. 10 mm. 



Kap. 



Coelioxys carinata Sm. 



1854 Coelioxys carinata Smith, ?, in: Cat. Hym. Brit Mus., Vol. II, p. 264. 



?. Head and thorax closely and strongly punctured, face on each side covered with short white 

 pubescence; clypeus has a central raised carina, its anterior margin subangular. Thorax, the collar and the 

 metathorax clothed with white pubescence; the sides, beneath, the femora beneath and tibiae and tarsi above, 

 covered with a very short white pile; the apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; wings dark fuscous, superior 

 wings paler towards their base; inferior wings have their basal half hyaline; scutellum is rounded behind and 

 armed on each side with an angular tooth. Abdomen shining, strongly punctured, the margins of all the seg- 

 ments have a narrow white fascia which expands laterally into broad patches. Abdomen is rounded at the sides, 

 the 6. segment being suddenly narrowed, forming an elongate acute spine, the lower plate rather longer than 

 the upper, which has an elevated carina towards its apex, on each side of which it is rugose. L. 5V 2 lines 

 (= 11 7 2 mm). 



Port Natal. 



Coelioxys foveolata Sm. 



1854 Coelioxys foveolata Smith, <J, in: Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 262. 



$. Black, head and thorax shining, covered with large distinct punctures, face and cheeks densely clothed 

 with very pale ochraeeous pubescence. Thorax, the sides, beneath and the collar covered with pale ochraceous 

 pubescence; 2 tufts of the same at the base of the scutellum, its posterior margin rounded and armed on 

 each side with a st out angular tooth; wings fuscous, palest at their base, tegulae and nervures black; femora 

 beneath, tibiae and tarsi above densely covered with short snow-white pubescence. Abdomen shining, strongly 

 punctured, apical margins of the segments having a narrow white fascia which at the sides expands into a broad 

 angular patch, segment 2 — 4 beneath have a broad band of the same colour; above, segment 2—3 have on each 

 side a transverse oblong pear-shaped foveola enclosed by a smooth shining ridge, 4 — 5 have on each side a 

 somewhat similar shaped depression not enclosed; apical segment has on each side at the base a sharp spine, 

 the apex above has 4 spines or teeth, the outer ones acute and divergent, the lower pair are about the same 

 length, but less acute. L. 6 lines (= 12V2 mm). 



Kap. 



Coelioxys lanuginea Vach. 

 1903 Coelioxys lanuginea Vachal, $, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 376. 



$. Nigra, caput, membra et venter albo-pubescentia. Segmenta 1 — 5 supra et subtus molle et parce 

 albido-fasciata. Caput et notum dense sat fortiter punctata. Scutellum postice sat angulato porrectum, pteromatibus 



