6 Annals of the Soutli African Museum. 



Head tumid, not pubescent, smooth, shining black ; sutures 

 obsolete ; eyes small, anterior. 



Pronotum sub-rectangular, a little broader than long, and gently 

 widened posteriorly, the posterior angles rounded ; black, with a 

 median thin rufous line. 



Mesonotum not keeled, rectangular, as also the 



Metanotum, which is feebly concave, with the median rufous line 

 continued from the pronotum. 



Legs black, the joints and tarsi yellowish ; femora rather thick ; 

 tarsi slender and long, first and third segments equal, the second 

 longer than broad. 



Abdomen sub-parallel in the , gently dilated in the J , dull 

 black. 



Forceps cylindrical, thick at the base and rapidly attenuate, gently 

 curved, more strongly in the $ than in the ? , sub-contiguous in 

 the $ , contiguous in the ? . 



Cape Colony : Caledon, 2 3 , 6 $ . 



This black little species has a superficial resemblance to an ant. 

 The dull black body, with median rufous line on the thoracic plates, 

 and the smooth shining jet-black head, make it easily recognisable. 



ANTISOLABIS SULCATIPES, sp. n. 

 Fig. 3, a-d. 



Statura majore ; colore fusco-brunneo ; corpus sublasve, minutis- 

 sirne punctulatum ; pronotum longius quam latius, postice ampliation ; 

 pedes longi ; tibiae utrinque sulcatae ; tarsi segmento tertio quam 

 pnmum breviori, quani secundum vix breviori. 



Long, corporis : 5 , 12 mm. 

 Long, forcipis : $ , 2 mm. 



Size relatively large, general colour dull, dark brown, body nearly 

 smooth, very finely punctulate. 



Antennae with 15 segments, cylindrical and relatively long, fourth 

 longer than broad ; the apical segments passing to ovate ; brown, 

 the apical three or four whitish. 



Head smooth ; sutures obsolete ; eyes normal. 



Pronotum longer than broad, gently widened posteriorly, the 

 posterior angles rounded, sides strongly reflexed. 



Mesonotum smooth, not keeled. 



Metanotum similar, concave posteriorly. 



Legs long and slender, the tibiae compressed, with a narrow longi- 



