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MACEOMIA PICTA (Sclys, 1871). 



S. Afr. Mu.s. : 1 <J, Barkley West (xii . 1893, L. Pc'ringuey ) ; 



1 cJ, Durbau, Natal (iv . 1890, J. H. Bowker) ; 1 $, Barberton, 

 Transvaal; 1 ?, Kranspoort (21 . xii . 1906). Coll. K. J. Morton: 

 l^.Eshowe, Zululand (4 . iii . 1908, Miss Fountaine) ; 1 9 , King 

 Williamstown, Cape Colony (3. i. 1908, ead.). Coll. E. B. Williamson : 



2 (J, 1 9 , Hilton Eoad, Natal, 3800 ft, (23 . xii . 1909, G-. F. Leigh); 

 1 ?, Princetown, Natal (20 . iii . 1909, id). Mus. Hamburg: 1 J, 

 Bothaville, Orange Free State (8 . xi . 1898, Dr. H. Brauns). 



3 . Median lobe of labium light ochreous with black longitudinal 

 line ; lateral lobes dull ferruginous, gradually turning to ochreous 

 medially. Labrum ferruginous with two basal yellow spots (confluent 

 to form a transverse band in the specimen from Bothaville) ; ante- 

 clypeus olivaceous ; post-clypeus olivaceous in anterior half, yellowish 

 in posterior half and at the sides (almost wholly yellowish in the 

 specimen from Bothaville). Frons ferruginous anteriorly : dorsal 

 surface black at base, with an anterior bright yellow band that 

 descends along the eyes (the yellow band broadest in the specimen 

 from Bothaville) ; vertex black, with small double yellow spot at tip 

 to yellow with black base. Occipital triangle yellow. Thorax dull 

 ferruginous with metallic blue reflections and light yellow bauds : 

 rather broad ante-humeral stripes, slightly convergent dorsally, not 

 fully reaching to ante-alar sinus ; broad transverse band filling up the 

 ante-alar sinuses ; first lateral (metepisterual) band crossing the 

 stigma, rather conspicuously widened dorsally ; second lateral 

 (metepimeral) baud filling somewhat less than posterior half of 

 metepimerou, also widened dorsally. 



Legs very long and robust, dark brown to blackish ; third femora 

 ferruginous, at least internally ; first femora light yellow internally 

 in basal two-thirds. Tibial laminae along the full length of third 

 pair, distal half of first pair, absent on second pair. 



Abdominal segments 1-2 moderately inflated, 3 moderately con- 

 stricted, 4-6 cylindrical, 7-9 dilated in lateral and more in 

 dorsoveutral dimension, the sides of 8 projecting iii a triangular, 

 foliaceous extension ; 10 small, dorsum elevated in a conical tubercle 

 of about one-half the segment's height, very sharply pointed. 

 Segments 1-2 dark brown, 3-6 black, 7-10 dark ferruginous with 

 light yellow markings ; on segment 2 sinuate transverse baud, over 

 the auricles, posterior ventral incomplete narrow band from the 

 genital lobe to one-half the segment's height; segment 3 complete 

 narrow basal ring and anteriorly bilobed median spot ; 4-6 basal 



