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a very short and decumbent pubescence ; the tibiae feebly compressed, 

 furnished with a few setae below." 



This species is also recorded by Forel from the Cape. 



C. Bertolonii, Emery. 



Loc. cit., p. 51, §, 9- 



Mayr, Ann. K. K. N. H. Mus. Wien, vol. 16, p. 28, cj\ 1901. 



"§. Piceous, shining, mandibles, antennae and tarsi fusco-ferrugi- 

 nous; tibiae, coxae, femora and margins of the abdominal segments 

 pale testaceous, very sparsely pilose and pubescent. Head in the 

 § maxima a little longer than wide, narrower in front, the clypeus 

 and cheeks with large, oblong and piligerous punctures, frontal 

 carinae divergent and sinuate, clypeus obtusely carinate, slightly and 

 arcuately produced in front, mandibles short, arcuate and with 

 6 teeth, punctulate and sparsely punctate, dull, more elongated in 

 the £ minor. The latter has fewer and smaller piligerous punctures 

 on the cheeks and clypeus. Thorax moderately elongate, compressed 

 behind, the dorsal profile arcuate and continuous, the declivity of 

 the epinotum hardly shorter than the dorsum, joining the latter in 

 an obtuse angle. Abdomen very finely rugulose transversely, the 

 scale of the petiole thin, subplanate behind, convex in front. Scapes 

 and tibiae without erect hairs, the tibiae not setose below. 



§ major, 7 mm. Head 1*8 x 1*6; scape 1*5 ; posterior femur 1-6 mm. long. 



§ minor, 5 mm. ,, 16 x 1*3 ; ,, 1*3; ,, „ 1-3 mm. ,, 



9- Colour and sculpture like that of the § major, but the cheeks 

 and clypeus with fewer piligerous punctures." Capetown. 



"cf, 6-6-8 mm. Shining, blackish brown, mandibles, scapes and 

 legs brown, the flagellum, tarsi and genital armature more or less 

 brownish yellow, the articulations of the femora and coxae more or 

 less pale yellow or brownish yellow. The exserted pilosity is exceed- 

 ingly sparse, and absent from the antennae and legs; the decumbent 

 pubescence also very sparse but fairly abundant on the antennae. 

 The whole body is moderately shining and very finely rugulose, the 

 abdomen transversely so. The mandibles are more coarsely rugu- 

 lose than the rest of the body, also coarsely and sparsely punctured, 

 with 4 well developed teeth. The head is almost wider than long. 

 Clypeus strongly carinate, the anterior margin slightly produced and 

 arcuate. Eyes fairly large, very convex and prominent. The cheeks 

 are hardly more than half as long as the eyes. Wings faintly tinged 

 with ochreous, the nervures ochreous, the stigma brown. Node of 

 petiole low and transverse." 



Port Elizabeth. (Biauns). 



