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APIDJE. 



posterior tibiae and tarsi with pale glittering pubescence ; the 

 claw-joint of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen shining and finely 

 punctured ; the three apical segments subrugose ; the apical mar- 

 gins of the segments more or less rufo-piceous ; the segments with 

 thin fasciae in the middle of downy-grey pubescence, the basal seg- 

 ment has the pubescence on its apical margin. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



2. Allodape cordata. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. — Black, smooth, and shining. The cly- 

 peus punctured and with a narrow longitudinal line, a line at the 

 inner orbits of the eyes, and a similar one behind them yellowish 

 white. The mesothorax impunctate, or with only a few very fine 

 scattered punctures anteriorly ; the scutellum with a transverse 

 broad stripe ; wings fusco-hyaline ; the posterior tibiae and tarsi 

 with pale glittering pubescence, the apical joints of the tarsi rufo- 

 testaceous. Abdomen with shallow punctures, not very close on 

 the three basal segments, but confluent on the three apical ones. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



— I 3. Allodape jucunda. 



Female. Length 2 lines. — Head and thorax shining black, abdo- 

 men ferruginous, with black fasciae. The clypeus, labrum, apical 

 half of the mandibles, a narrow line at the lower part of the inner 

 orbits of the eyes, and the scape of the antennae pale yellowish- 

 white ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. The margin of the pro- 

 thorax, the tegulae, and scutellum pale yellow ; the legs pale ferru- 

 ginous ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures pale testaceous, 

 the stigma fuscous. Abdomen with a black fascia at the base of 

 the second, third, and fourth segments, the fifth with a similar 

 fascia at its apical margin ; the two apical segments with short, 

 pale, glittering pubescence. 



Hab. Zulu Land. 



4. Allodape parvula. 



Female. Length 2^ lines. — Black, shining, and impunctate. The 

 clypeus yellowish white ; the labrum and mandibles rufo-testaceous ; 

 the apical joints of the flagellum fulvous beneath. The tubercles, 

 tegulae, and base of the wings pale rufo-testaceous ; wings hyaline 

 and iridescent, the nervures testaceous, the stigma fuscous ; legs 

 obscurely rufo-piceous, the apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; 

 the posterior tibiae and tarsi with pale glittering pubescence. Ab- 

 domen with the apical margins of the segments narrowly pale rufo- 

 testaceous above and beneath. 



Hab, Bombay district. 



