On some South African Iclmeumonidae. 



MELANICHNEUMON, Thorns. 

 Opusc. But. xviii, 1893, p. 1954. 



MELANICHNEUMON PULCHER, sp. nov. 



? only. A black and red species, with white markings. Black 

 with the mandibles, clypeus, propleural dot before radices, meso-pleurae 

 and -notuin, frenum, scutellum. and the anterior legs, except basally, 

 sanguineous red; palpi, frontal dots, eight central flagellar joints 

 postscutellum apically, apical lateral angles of the three basal 

 segments and whole disc of the 6th and 7th, white. Face closely and 

 strongly punctate, hardly discreted from the apically truncate clvpeus, 

 fourth to sixth flagellar joints moniliforui and the central ones explanate. 

 Thorax closely punctate and shining, metanotal areae entire, the 

 lateral rugulo'se ; areola subparallel-sided, glabrous and extending to 

 base, petiolar area subvertical, hardly discreted and roughly sculp- 

 tured, scutellum deplanate and not margined. Abdomen fusiform 

 and dull, becoming gradually more uitidulous from the fourth segment, 

 postpetiole broad and closely punctate, gastrocoeli transverse and 

 deeply impressed. Legs normal and not slender. Wings broad with 

 the costa and nervures inf uscate, stigma castaneous ; areolet pentagonal. 

 Length 12 mm. Allied to M. saturatorius, Linn., but stouter with the 

 flagellum much more iucrassate, in colouration it resembles Neotypus 



lapidator, Fab. 



Type and co-type were taken at Potchefstroom in the Transvaal 



by T. Ay res. 



MELANICHNEUMON B.UFATOR, sp. nov. 



onlv. Brick-red, even to the mandibles and terebra, with only 

 the posterior coxae infuscate ; the orbits indefinitely and a central 

 flagellar band paler and sometimes whitish. Head narrow behind the 

 eyes, face evenly punctate, centrally elevated and hardly discreted 

 from the apically truncate clvpeus ; antennae subfiliform and not 

 apically attenuate nor centrally explanate. Thorax finely and evenly 

 punctate, with inetanotum duller and subcoriaceous ; areola strong, 

 hexagonal and hardly longer than broad, strongly separated from the 

 discreted petiolar area. Scutellum glittering, subglabrous, deplanate 

 and not margined. Abdomen fusiform and apically nitidulous ; post- 

 petiole deplanate, shagreened and not broad ; gastrocoeli superficial, 

 legs normal and not stout, with no scopulse. Wings narrow and 

 slightly fulvescent, with stigma castaneous. Length, 7-10 mm. The 

 totally red colouration is remarkable ; in structure this species resembles 

 M. sanguinator, Rossi. 



