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Osprhyncholus, Spin., the frons strongly excavate with its orbits 

 narrowly elevated to level with the eyes though not to the extent found 

 in Plesiocryptus, Cam., the prothoracic tubercles are strong as in 

 Siivalta, Cam., the metathorax is glabrous with its sides and apex 

 traus-striate, with four acute apophyses, the broad, laterally reflexed 

 and striate postpetiole and remarkable areolet, which is (like that of 

 Mansu, Tosq. = Colganta, Cam., Entom. 1902, p. 20) broader than high 

 and much broader above than below. It superficially resembles the 

 Xoridid genus Gabutiia, Kriech. = Nadia, Tosq. 



The type, in the author's collection, was captured by Mrs. Lethaby 

 in Portuguese East Africa ; two more females in the British Museum 

 are from Uganda. 



SUBFAMILY PIMPLINAE. 

 TRIBE XOIilDIDES. 



GABUNIA, Kriech. 

 Sitzb. Nat. Ges. Leipzig, 1895, p. 130. 



Essential Characters. Clypeus and frons mutic ; mandibular teeth 

 of equal length ; temples not tuberculate ; central mesonotal lobe sul- 

 cate ; metathorax exareolate and traus-striate ; femora slender ; front 

 tibiae intumescent and basally constricted ; areolet entire ; nervellus 

 not intercepted below centre. 



BARDO, Sp. UOV. 



$ only. A large and slender black species with only the maiidibular 

 and petiolar bases, and the sparsely punctate hind coxae, fulvous ; 

 central flagellar band white ; and the wings nigrescent with two broad 

 hyaline fasciae. Head tumidous, sparsely and finely punctate and 

 posteriorly as broad as the eyes ; face and clypeus finely trans-strigose 

 with the latter sparsely punctate, transverse and apically truncate ; 

 cheeks normal, labrum exserted. Antennae slender, attenuate through- 

 out and five-sixths the length of the body. Thorax irregularly 

 punctate and shining, with slight metallic blue reflection ; central 

 mesonotal lobe much the longest and centrally sulcate ; metathorax 

 gradually declivous throughout, finely and closely strigose both dor- 

 sally and laterally, with elongate spiracles, but neither areae nor 

 apophyses. Scutellum deplauate, sparsely punctate, apically truncate 

 and not laterally margined. Abdomen elongate and obfusiform, dull 

 and shagreened, nearly double length of the apically a little deflexed 



