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The subapical band on the forewings continuous, median seg- 

 ment sparsely punctured ; thorax entirely black ; ovipositor 



longer than the abdomen shawi. 



The subapical band on the forewings not continuous, median 

 segment closely strongly punctured ; thorax largely marked 

 with pale yellow ; ovipositor much shorter than the abdomen limhata, Tosq. 



PiMPLA PROPERATA, Tosq. 



There is a female in the collection, and I have also seen two males 

 from the Cape. The amount of red or purple on the abdomen varies 

 in the <? ; it may be black, only obscurely tinged with red or purple 

 tints ; the colour of the legs varies also ; they may be almost entirely 

 black, especially the posterior ; and the amount of yellow on the 

 anterior varies also. I consider it very probable that P. viaJialcnsis, 

 Grib., and P. conchijliata, Tosq., may be forms of one species. So 

 far as I can judge from the limited material at my disposal, I should 

 think that the colouration of these forms is too unstable to be of 

 much use for separating them specifically. (Cf. Tosquinet, Mem. 

 Soc. Ent. Belg., v., 295.) 



PiMPLA MELANOSPILA, Sp. nOV. 



Kufous, the abdomen darker coloured, the antennae (the under 

 side of the flagellum is brown), head, the breast — the black extend- 

 ing on to the pleuriB — the mesonotum narrowly near the wings, and 

 the mandibles black ; the palpi white, the four front legs for the 

 greater part whitish yellow, the edges of the femora above and 

 below, the tibise at the base narrowly and the greater part of the rest 

 (the two parts separated by a narrow line) fuscous ; the hind coxae, 

 tibiae, except for a white band near the apex, the tarsi, except for a 

 white band on the basal half, black ; the trochanters white, femora 

 red. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, the base of the 

 latter narrowly white. 2 . 



Length 9 mm. ; terebra 2 mm. 



Cape Colony. Cape Town. 



Face closely, strongly punctured and covered with fuscous 

 pubescence. Ciypeus smooth, shining, roundly convex, broadly 

 depressed in the middle. Median segment closely punctured, 

 thickly covered with white hair. Basal five segments of the 

 abdomen closely and strongly punctured; the sixth more weakly 

 punctured, the seventh smooth ; the first segment is twice longer 

 than its width at the base; the apices of the segments are smooth. 

 Areolet small, oblique, 4-angled, the nervures uniting in front. 



