494 A)nt((h <>f the South African 



GENUS AEPACTUS Turn. 



AEPACTUS (EUSPONGTJS) JONESI, sp. n. 



. Ferrugineus ; capite, mesonoto iu medio, scutello, postscutello, 

 segnientoque inecliaiio area basali nigris ; mandibulis basi, clypeo, 

 fronte sub antennis, orbitis internis dimidio inferiore, scapo subtus, 

 prouoto margiue postico, callis humeralibus, scutello linea trausversa 

 apicali, postscutello liuea trausversa, segmentis dorsalibus duobus 

 basalibus fascia augusta apicali, quarto apice, quiuto sextoque, femori- 

 bus auticis iuterniediisque subtus, tarsisque anticis intermediisque 

 supra flavis ; capite, pleuris, segmeutisque dorsalibus 3-5 flavo-bruuneo 

 pubesceiitibus; alis hyalinis, veuis nigris, stigniate testaceo. 



Long. 9 mm. 



$ . Eyes rather strongly convergent towards the clypeus, separated 

 at the base of the clypeus by a distance equal to rather less than 

 twice the length of the scape. Antennae short and rather stout, 

 shorter than the thorax and median segment combined, not clavate ; 

 the second joint of the flagellum equal to the third. Posterior ocelli 

 further from each other than from the eyes. Mesonotum microscopi- 

 cally punctured, with four short delicate impressed lines from the 

 anterior margin not reaching the middle ; a deep, transverse, strongly 

 rrenulated groove at the base of the scutellum. Median segment 

 rugulose ; the triangular basal area large, well defined, very coarsely 

 longitudinally striated. Abdomen almost smooth ; the first tergite 

 very slender, twice as broad at the apex as at the base, longer than 

 the second tergite, the latter fully three times as broad at the apex as 

 the first ; seventh tergite almost smooth. Second abscissa of the 

 radius equal to the first or a little shorter, the third nearly four times 

 as long as the second. Cubitus of the hind wing originating a little 

 before the transverse median nervure. Fore tarsi without spines, 

 hind tibiae unarmed. 



Hab. M'fongosi, Zululaud (W. E. Jones), February, 1917. 



This is nearly allied in structiire to the European A. dissect us Panz., 

 but has a longer and narrower petiole. I consider that the name 

 Arjxirtti.-; Jurine should be used instead of Gorytes. JSTo other species 

 of the subgeuus EKH^OIUJIIS has been recorded from South Africa. 



Type in South African Museum. Co-type in B.M. 



ARPACTTJS (LESTIPHORUS) KRAEPELINI, Brauns. 

 Gorytes Jcrm-^t'litil Brauns, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wieu. xiii, p. 421, 



1898, J 9 



One female in the South African Museum. 

 Hob. Dunbrodv, March, 1912. 



