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8. On. Some of the Scoliidae, mostly Elidinae (Hymenoptera), in the 

 South African Museum. By KOWLAND E. TURNER, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



FAMILY SCOLIIDAE. 

 SUBFAMILY ELIDINAE. 



G-ENUS MYZINE Latr. 



In addition to the species mentioned below, there still remain four 

 or five new species of males in the Museum, but as they are usually 

 represented by a single specimen and show few distinctive characters 

 I have not thought it well to describe them. There appear to be a 

 very large number of species of this genus in South Africa, and many 

 more remain to be described. Unfortunately the females are difficult 

 to collect, and the sexes have only been connected in three or four cases. 

 In South Africa the females show much better specific characters than 

 the males. 



1. MYZINE RUFIFRONS Fabr. 



Larra rufifrons Fabr., Eutom. System, ii, p. 222, 1793, $ . 

 Hab. Estcourt, Natal ; M'fongosi, Zululaud. 



2. MYZINE ABDOMINALIS Guer. 



Meria abdominalis Gut'r., Rev. de Zool. ii, p. 365, 1839, 

 Plesia contimia Cam., Rec. Albany Mus. i, p. 299, 1905, $ . 



Hob. Dunbrody ; Mossel Bay ; Stellenbosch, G-aries, Namaqualand. 



The female from G-aries has the head black, as is often the case, and 

 the abdomen somewhat infuscated, but I think it is only a colour 

 variety. Meria hottentota Sauss. seems to be a synonym. 



3. MYZINE CRUENTA sp. u. 



$ . Nigra ; maudibulis flagelloque fusco-ferrugineis ; abdomine 

 segmentis secuudo tertioque macula magna alba utrinque, quarto apice, 



