492 E. p. FELT. 



of the male, the numerous low, looped circumfila and the 

 presumably narrowly oval lobes of the ovipositor. Type 

 X. africana n. sjJ. 



Xenhormomy ia africana n. sp. 



The specimen described below was labelled " C. Akerman, 

 Maritzburg, 1916." The type is deposited in the Natal 

 Museum at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. 



Male. — Length 6"5 mm. Antennge dark reddish-brown, 

 probably distinctly longer than the body, and with at least 

 10 and probably 14 segments, the 1st obconic, the 2nd 

 disc-shaped, the 3rd and 4th free, the flagellate binodose, 

 the 5th with a distinct constriction near the basal third and 

 a slightly developed distal stem. The basal enlargement 

 broadly oval, with a length nearly ^ greater than its diameter, 

 and with a series of about 10 low, looped circumfila, the 

 distal enlargement with a length about twice its diameter, 

 and with a series of 12 or more low, looped circumfila, 

 both thickly clothed with short scale-like hairs as in 

 Asphondylia. The 10th segment with both the basal 

 and distal coustrictions with a length approximately equal 

 to their diameters, the terminal segment wanting. Palpi, 

 the 1st segment and 2nd segment short, indistinct in the 

 preparation, the 3rd with a length 5 times its diameter, 

 and the 4th a little longer than the 3rd. Mesonotum 

 dark reddish-brown, somewhat darker laterally. Scutellum 

 dark reddish-brown. Postscutellum yellowish. Abdomen dark 

 brown, rather thickly haired, wrings hyaline, subcosta uniting 

 with the somewhat heavily chitinised margin near the basal 

 half. The nearly straight 3rd vein joining the margin at 

 the apex of the wing, the 5th at the distal fourth, its branch 

 at the basal third. Halteres yellowish basally, reddish 

 apically, legs mostly a dark reddish-brown. Genitalia, basal 

 clasp segment moderately long, stout, excavated mesially, 

 terminal clasp segment rather short, stout, distinctly swollen 

 near the middle and pectinate apically. Dorsal plate 

 moderately long, broad, broadly and roundly emarginate. 



