On Some of the Scoliidae in the South African Museum. 457 



sparsely punctured, and clothed with long greyish pubescence ; sides 

 of the median segment smooth below, indistinctly obliquely striated 

 above. Median segment transversely striated, with a deep longitudinal 

 sulcus, a narrow space on each side of the sulcus smooth and shining, 

 the posterior slope transversely striated. Abdomen shining with a few 

 small punctures, the sides sparsely clothed with whitish pubescence. 

 Second cubital cell very small and narrow, the petiole of the cell more 

 than half as long again as the cell itself ; second recurrent nervure 

 strongly bent inwards towards the cubitus. 



Hob. Capetown. April. 



In colour this resembles sublevis Turn., but differs strongly in the 

 sculpture of the median segment, in the presence of the second cubital 

 cell, and in the strongly curved second recurrent iiervure. It differs 

 from umbratica Turn, in the sculpture of the median segment, the 

 colour of the pronotum, and the longer head. 



5. MYZINE LIMATA Sin. 



Meria limata Sm., Cat. Hym. B. M. iii, p. 81, 1855, 9 . 

 Hob. Kimberley. Cape. 



6. MYZINE CAPICOLA Turn. 

 M'jzine capicola Turn., Trans. Eut. Soc. London, p. 734, 1912, $ . 



Hob. Hex River. Cape. 



The single specimen in the South African Museum bears the MS. 

 name Meria caffra Sauss. 



7. MYZINE RUFINODIS Turn. 

 Myzine rufinodis Turn., Trans. Eut. Soc. London, p. 392, 1910, $ . 



Hab. Hex River ; Henkries, Namaqualand, Cape. 



One of the Hex River specimens bears the MS. name Meria africana 

 Sauss. 



There is some variation in the development of the yellow apical 

 baud on the first dorsal segment and in the yellow mark on the apex 

 of the clypeus, both being obsolete in the Namaqualand specimen. 



8. MYZINE EURYGASTER sp. n. 



$ . Niger, albopilosus ; maudibulis macula basali, proiioto margine 

 posteriore fascia augusta iuterrupta, segmeuto dorsali primo fascia 

 augusta apicali, segmentis 2-6 dorsalibus et veutralibus fascia augusta 



