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occiput broadly, the propleurae, except for a wedge-shaped mark 

 (the broad end at the apex) near the top, an oblique mark on the 

 apex of the mesopleurae in the middle, a broad line below, its base 

 dilated upwards, the mesosternum, except in the middle, where 

 thei'e is a large, oval, red mark, the lower part of the metapleurae 

 broadly, the metasternum, a line on the top of the second abdominal 

 segment, and the fifth and sixth broadly above, black. Legs 

 coloured like the thorax ; a broad, black line on the inner and 

 outer sides of the hind coxae and one on the top of the trochanters. 

 Basal two or three joints of antennae black above, the flagellum dark 

 rufous, darker towards the apex. Wings hyaline, the costa and 

 nervures black ; the stigma dark testaceous. $ . 



Length 13-14 mm. 



Transvaal. 



Face and clypeus closely, but not very strongly punctured, 

 thickly covered with white pubescence. Front and vertex much 

 more strongly and closely punctured ; there is a stout keel down 

 the middle of the front ; the punctures are transverse on either 

 side of it. Face and clypeus thickly covex'ed with long white hair. 

 Pro- and mesothorax closely and strongly punctured ; the median 

 segment more strongly, rugosely punctured, and moi'e thickly 

 covered with white hair. 



CAMPOPLEGINI. 



CHAKOPS, Holmgr. 

 Charops cariniceps, sp. nov. 



Black ; mandibles yellow, tinged with rufous ; the palpi, four 

 anterior legs, except the coxae, reddish yellow, the femora with a 

 more distinct reddish tint than the rest ; the first segment and the 

 sides of the third, fourth, and fifth broadly red ; wings hyaline, the 

 nervures, costa, and stigma black. <? . 



Length 10 mm. 



Cape Colony. Cape Town. Natal. Durban ; Maritzburg. 

 Transvaal. Potchefstroom. Southern Ehodesia. Sebakwe. 



Bred from a greyish cocoon attached by a thread half its length to 

 a leaf ; the ends are black ; behind them is a row of large, irregular, 

 more or less incised and separated, black marks ; in the centre are 

 two rows of small, irregular black dots. 



Head and thorax covered with white pubescence. Vertex and 

 lower part of front finely rugose ; the upper part of front finely, 

 irregularly reticulated ; the front with a stout keel down the middle. 



