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disco-cubital nervure and the base of the radius, except for a 

 yellowish-hyaline cloud, commencing at the base of the radius, 

 extending to not far from its apex and going along the inner side of 

 the recurrent nervure to shortly beyond the discoidal nervure and 

 extending forwards to its middle. ? . 



Length 15 mm. ; terebra 7 mm. 



Natal. Newcastle. 



Antennae stout, 27- jointed, densely covered with a minute pile, the 

 apical joints brownish ; the last somewhat compressed, longer than 

 the preceding two united. Face strongly but not closely punc- 

 tured ; the clypeus more sparsely punctured. Front and vertex 

 smooth ; the latter stoutly, somewhat irregularly keeled down the 

 middle ; the keel weaker above than below. Apex of clypeus de- 

 pressed, smooth below, punctured above. Thorax smooth ; the meso- 

 pleurae, except the upper, apical half punctured. The recurrent 

 nervure is received at a greater distance than its length from the 

 transverse cubital. 



PIMPLINL 



PEEITHOUS, Holmgr. 



? Pebithous violaceus, sp. nov. 



Dark blue, tinged with violaceous, smooth and shining ; the 

 metapleurae, except at the apex, strongly closely punctured ; wings 

 violaceous, iridescent, the nervures and stigma black ; the areolet 

 sessile or shortly appendiculated. J . 



Length 18-20 mm. ; ovipositor 21-24 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch. 



Parapsidal furrows narrow, but distinct in front. Metanotum 

 with a shallow furrow running from the base to near the apex ; the 

 parts bordering the furrow roundly, broadly raised; the apex with 

 two deep foveas, wider than long, rounded behind and separated by 

 a broad keel. Abdominal segments smooth ; the first more than double 

 — -nearly three times — longer than its width at the apex; the base 

 with a triangular depression ; the middle with an elongated fovea ; 

 the second is longer than wide, the third almost square, the others 

 wider than long ; the third, fourth, and fifth broadly roundly 

 tuberculate laterally ; the raised parts on the third longer than 

 wnde, on the fourth and fifth wider than long. Disco-cubital 

 nervure irregularly roundly curved, not broken ; transverse median 

 nervure interstitial ; transverse median nervure in hindwmgs angled 

 and broken shortly, but distinctly above the middle. Face thickly 



