On Some of the Scoliidae in the South African Museum. 459 



segment rugose ; abdomen deeply but rather sparsely punctured. 

 Clypeus shallowly punctured, very short and broad, almost transverse 

 at the apex. Antennae not very stout, as long as the abdomen, the 

 eyes oval, not emargiuate. Pronotum shorter than the mesouotum, 

 the anterior margin straight, not much narrowed posteriorly, the 

 posterior margin not strongly arched. Scutellum large, a little longer 

 than the prouotum ; median segment shorter than the scutellum, 

 abruptly truncate posteriorly. Petiole very short, first abdominal 

 segment almost as broad as the second ; segments 2-6 rather strongly 

 constricted at the base. All the segments very short and broad. 

 Seventh dorsal segment very shallowly incised at the apex, the incision 

 much broader apically than deep, the sides of the incision in the form 

 of short, blunt spines. Aculeus long and strongly recurved. Second 

 abscissa of the radius distinctly longer than the third, radial cell a 

 little shorter and blunter at the apex than in most species of the genus, 

 third transverse cubital nervure curved outwards in the middle, the 

 second straight, the third cubital cell almost as long on the radius as 

 on the cubitus, the second recurrent nervure received near the middle. 

 Hob. Sebakwe, Rhodesia. November 1901. (D. Dodds.) 

 In the robust form, the structure of the median segment and of the 

 apical dorsal segment, this approaches the Algerian M. rousselii Guer. 

 In that species the eyes are longer and show a trace of eniargiuation 

 on the inner margin, the antennae are shorter and stouter towards the 

 apex, and the shape of the third cubital cell is quite different. 



10. MYZINE KLUGI Westw. 



Meria Tilugi Westw., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, iii, p. 53, 1835, . 

 Myzine nigrita Turn., Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 391, 1910, $ . 



Halt. O'okiep ; Matjesfontein. 



A specimen from M'fongosi, Zululaud, has the first abdominal 

 segment a little narrower, but does not seem to differ otherwise. 



MYZINE TRANSVAALENSIS Cam. 

 Plesia transvaalensis Cam., Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii, p. 119, 1910, $ . 



This is near politissima Turn., differing in the more distinct punc- 

 turatiou of the abdomen ; the deeper emargination of the clypeus ; 

 the much more strongly raised anterior margin of the pronotum ; the 

 position of the second recurrent nervure, which is nearer to the base 

 of the third cubital cell in transvaalensis ; and the narrower and more 

 acute processes of the seventh dorsal segment. The scape is yellow 

 beneath in politissima, black in transvaalensis. 



