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and a broad band (longest below) on the base of the hind tibiae, 

 whitish yellow. Antennae black, the flagellum dark fuscous below 

 towards the apex. Wings hyaline, the stigma fuscous, the nervures 

 black. Apex of ovipositor white. $ . 



Length 13 mm. ; terebra 8 mm. 



Cape Colony. Dunbrody ; Uitenhage Distr. 



The first joint of antennte about twice longer than the second and 

 shorter than the third ; the second more than twice longer than 

 wide, about half the length of the third, which is shorter than the 

 fourth. Lower part of front, face and clypeus covered with silvery 

 pubescence. Apex of clypeus with a shallow, rounded incision. 

 Hind ocelli separated from each other by about one-fourth more than 

 they are from the eyes; they are placed opposite the end of the 

 latter. Malar space about the length of the second antennal joint. 

 Temples longish, but not so long as the eyes, obliquely narrowed; 

 the occiput transverse. Mandibular teeth black. Collar long, as 

 long as the space between the front ocellus and the end of the 

 vertex. Middle lobe of mesonotum covered closely with round 

 punctures, which are large and deeper at the apex ; the lateral lobes 

 sparsely punctured, more thickly at the base. Scutellum more 

 strongly and deeply punctured than the mesonotum. Metanotum 

 sparsel}^ irregularly punctured. Central depression of propleurae 

 irregularly punctured, furrowed in the middle, the rest aciculated. 

 Mesopleurae irregularly reticulated, except for an aciculated 

 triangular space in the middle ; the metapleurae more regulai'ly, 

 distinctly reticulated. Eadial cellule wide, the front discoidal cellule 

 small, narrowed at the apex ; the posterior is as long as it. Basal 

 joint of hind tarsi nearly as long as the following united. Pleurae 

 and metanotum densely covered with silvery pile. 



Comes near to G. dunbrody ense, Cam., and G. spilopus, described 

 in this paper ; it is smaller, with a shorter ovipositor, blacker 

 antennae, immaculate pleurae, and longer metatarsus. 



Gasteruption maculiceps, sp. nov. 

 Black, the centre of the face, clypeus, mandibles, a large mark on 

 the upper half of the outer orbits, the base of the mesonotum 

 broadly, the greater part of the lateral lobes, propleurae below the 

 middle furrow, almost the apical half of the mesopleurae, a streak 

 down the apical half of the metapleurae, rufous. Basal four or five 

 segments of the abdomen of a darker red, more ferruginous, colour. 

 Legs red, tinged with fuscous, the coxae brighter in tint, the hind 



