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covered with black hair ; the clypeus bounded behind by a narrow, 

 but distinct keel. Tarsi spinose ; the claws not toothed. The 

 recurrent nervure is received beyond the middle. Metathoracic 

 spiracles oval. Hind coxae about three times longer than wide ; 

 with the trochanters they are as long as the femora ; the last joint 

 of hind tarsi about four times longer than the preceding. 



This species agrees fairly well with Perithous ; it certainly agrees 

 with it better than with Ephialtes. Kriechbaumer (Verb. z. b. ges. 

 Wien, v., 488) describes an Ephialtes violaceus from Kaffraria, 

 which appears to be closely allied, having the same colouration of 

 the wings and body, and not differing greatly in size. 



ECHTHEOMOEPHA, Holmgr. 



ECHTHROMORPHA CONTINUA, Brull6. 



A specimen from Natal (Durban) is probably this species. It is, 

 however, very much discoloured, probably through having been 

 killed, judging from its almost vermillion tint, by cyanide of 

 potassium. The species is recorded by Krieger, Berich, d. Naturf. 

 •Gessel. zu Leipzig, 1898, p. 57, from Natal. Cf. also Kriechbaumer, 

 Berl. Ent. Zeits., xxxix., 50. 



XANTHOPIMPLA, Sauss. 



Xanthopimpla natalexsis, sp. nov. 



Luteous, the antennae except at the base black, the scape yellow 

 below ; an irregular mark enclosing the ocelli, a large mark in the 

 centre of the occiput, three marks on the base of the mesonotum, 

 the central much smaller, irregular and placed opposite the base of 

 the others, which are twice longer than wide, an irregular smaller 

 mark at the base of the scutellum, two irregularly oval marks on 

 the base of the metanotum ; two marks, wider than long, on the 

 base of the third, fourth, and fifth segments, that on the fourth 

 wider than on the others ; and a larger and wider one on the sides 

 of the seventh, black. Hind tarsi black. "Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and nervures black. $ . 



Length 13-15 mm. 



Natal. Durban. 



Areola quadrangular, wider than long, of equal width throughout ; 

 the tooth-bearing area long, narrow, the inner side half the width of 

 the outer. Face closely, strongly punctured, flat, the sides obliquely 

 depressed. Clypeus roundly convex, less strongly punctured than 

 the face ; both are thickly covered with fuscous pubescence. Thorax 



