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black ; the wings uniformly fuscous, the stigma, except the apex, 

 ochraceous, the nervures black, g . 



Length 11 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch. 



Head and thorax smooth, the face sparsely covered with black, 

 the metanotum more thickly with pale, hair. The greater part of 

 maxillae and labial palpi black ; maxillary palpi black at base, the 

 rest dark testaceous. Basal two segments of abdomen closely 

 longitudinally striated ; the furrows crenulated ; the third with 

 raised dots, the fourth similarly dotted, but more weakly ; the 

 others smooth, sparsely haired. Suturiform articulation broadly 

 curved backwards in the middle, the sides obscurely crenulated. 



I have in my collection an example of what is probably a variety 

 ■oi fumipennis which has the maxillae yellowish to near the apex, not 

 black, yellow laterally at the base only as in the type ; the black 

 stripe on the mesonotum is not prolonged on to the middle of the 

 scutellum along the sides. Another variety has the basal segments 

 of the abdomen largely suffused with black. 



ViPIO LONGICAUDIS, Sp. nOV. 



Ked ; the antennae, apex of mandibles, a large, squarish mark on 

 the base of the middle lobe of the mesonotum, a broad line on the 

 lateral lobes, extending from near its base to near the middle of 

 the scutellum, the mesosternum, a narrow line below the middle 

 of the propleurge, the coxae and basal joint of the trochanters, black ; 

 wings dark fuscous, the basal three-fourths of the stigma ochraceous. 

 Palpi black. 2 . 



Length 11 mm. ; terebra 30 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch. 



Face, front, and vertex sparsely covered with long black hair ; 

 smooth, the sides of the face and base of mandibles punctured. 

 Malar space as long as the third and fourth antennal joints united ; 

 furrowed down the middle. Pro- and mesothorax smooth, shining ; 

 the base of the metanotum smooth, the rest punctured ; the sides 

 infuscated ; the metapleurse irregularly punctured; deeply, obliquely 

 furrowed down the middle. Middle area of first abdominal segment 

 rugosely punctured ; the second closely, rugosely longitudinally 

 striated; the third more weakly striated to near the apex; the fourth 

 still more weakly to near the middle. 



The apical joints of the maxillary palpi are testaceous towards 

 the apex. 



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