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region and mandibles rufous ; legs dark rufous ; the coxae and 

 trochanters darker coloured ; the hind tibiae black above ; wings 

 hyaline, the nervures and stigma blackish. Basal three joints of 

 antennae black, the rest red. $ . 



Length 20 mm. ; terebra 10 mm. 



Cape Colony. Hex Eiver ; Worcester Distr. 



Antennae as long as the head and thorax united, stout, the scape 

 about twice longer than thick, the second joint about one-third 

 shorter than it; the third about as long as them both united and a 

 little shorter than the fourth. Head smooth ; the greater part of it 

 thickly covered with white pubescence. Eyes parallel, not converg- 

 ing above or below ; the malar space as long as the antennal scape. 

 Hinder ocelli separated from the eyes by a slightly less distance than 

 they are from each other. Apex of clypeus roundly incised, fringed 

 with golden hair ; the lateral regions roundly dilated. Mandibles 

 dark rufous. Pronotum transversely striated, furrowed down the 

 middle. Mesonotum strongiy, ii-regulai'ly punctured, its base 

 broadly rounded, the lateral lobes with a longitudinal furrow down 

 the middle. Scutellum flat, more strongly and deeply punctured 

 than the mesonotum. Metanotum finely, closely rugose ; the centre 

 bordered by two crenulated furrows which converge towards the 

 apex. Pro- and mesopleurae finely rugose ; the meta- coarsely 

 irregularly reticulated. Apical slope of metanotum coarsely ir- 

 regularly transversely reticulated, with a fine keel down the centre. 

 Abdomen stouter, more clavate towards the apex than usual. Hind 

 coxae about four times longer than wide, finely, closely transversely 

 striated. 



The front discoidal cellule is one-third longer than the lower 

 one. Temples longer than the eyes — as long as the basal joint of 

 the fore tarsi ; the occiput sharply margined, more sharply on 

 the sides than above. Fore tibiae broadly pale yellow at the base ; 

 the hind tibiae before the middle are more distinctly curved than 

 usual. 



A larger, more robust species than usual, with the abdomen 

 thicker, more clavate towards the apex. 



Gasteruption johaxxis, sp. nov. 



Red, the greater part of the vertex, upper half of front, prothorax, 



the mesonotum, except on the sides and base, scutellum, metanotum 



and the apical three segments of the abdomen above, black. Legs 



red, tinged with fuscous ; the four anterior tibiae and tarsi in front 



