On some South African Ichneumonidae. 



TRIBE PANISCIDES. 



PANISCUS, Grav. 

 Iclni. Europ. iii, 1829, p. 622. 



PANISCTJS TESTACEUS, Grav. 



A common species in at least the east and south of Africa ; recorded 

 from Algeria in 1846 (for localities cf. Mori. Eevis. Ichn. ii, 1913, p. 

 117). The present collection contains several examples from Durban 

 in Natal during February, 1914 (W. Hay garth) ; Vryburg, in Cape 

 Colony, during 1904 (J. W. Jones) ; Barbertou in the Transvaal (H. 

 Edwards), and Mfongosi in Zululaud during September, 1911 (W. E. 

 Jones). 



PANISCUS BADIALIS, sp. nov. 



? only. A somewhat dark rufescent-testaceous species with only 

 the mandibular apices, whole flagelluni, terebra, stigma and costa, 

 black ; wings evenly but not deeply iufumate. The head is posteriorly 

 short and hardly narrower than the eyes, with both epistoma and the 

 deeply discreted clypeus convex. Thorax almost dull, with distinct 

 uotauli ; prothorax unusually prominent and convex ; metathorax stout 

 and trans-strigose throughout with no carinae, its basal sulcus deeply 

 impressed and apophual tubercles prominent. Scutelluni elongate, 

 finely punctate, and strongly margined right round its apex. Abdomen 

 a little darker with basal segment elongate, evenly explanate apically 

 throughout and as long as terebra. Legs uuicolorous. Wings not 

 large ; lower basal uervure postfurcal and strongly curved ; areolet 

 higher than broad and apically pellucid below, emitting recurrent from 

 its apex ; radial nervm-e subvertical above areolet and there so strongly 

 curved as to form almost a right angle ; nervelet small ; nervellus 

 intercepted far above centre. Length, 13 mm. Remarkable for its 

 prominent collar and metapleural tubercles, and for the sharp angula- 

 tion of the outer radius. It is most closely allied to my P. Madeirensis. 



Found by L. Peringuey at Saldanha Bay, Cape Colony, during 

 September, 1912. 



TRIBE CREMASTIDES. 



CKEMASTUS, Grav. 

 Ichn. Europ. iii, 1829, p. 730. 



CREMASTUS PESTIFER, Mori. 

 Fauna India, Ichn. i, 1913, p. 498, ? . 

 Since the publication of this female description, I have seen several 



