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strongly longitudinally striated, the striae, too, being more widely 

 separated ; the apical spines are long, slender, not much thickened at 

 the base, and about four times longer than they are thick at the base. 

 Metanotum irregularly longitudinally reticulated. Pleurae longitudi- 

 nally striated, the strige becoming stronger towards the apex. Abdo- 

 minal petiole long, slender, cylindrical, about half the length of the 

 rest of the abdomen. The apical eight joints of the antennae bear 

 long stout rami, of which the basal are slightly shorter than the 

 others. 



EURYTOMIN^. 

 EUKYTOMA, lUig. 



EURYTOMA NATALENSIS, Sp. nOV. 



Black, the head and thorax densely covered with short, white 

 pubescence; the abdomen smooth and shining; the four anterior legs, 

 the apex of the hind femora and the hind tibiae and tarsi rufo-ferru- 

 ginous ; wings hyaline. ? . 



Length 3 mm. 



Natal. Durban. 



Antennae stout ; the first joint of flagellum twice longer than wide, 

 narrowed at the base, the others stouter, shorter, but still longer 

 than wide, and bearing white microscopic pubescence and some stiff 

 hairs. Malar space as long as the eyes, shining, closely reticulated- 

 punctured, its outer margin stoutly keeled ; its inner side less dis- 

 tinctly margined; the rest of the head strongly punctured and 

 covered with stiff white hair ; the punctuation is rugose, close. 

 Ocelli in a curve ; the hinder separated from each other by double 

 the distance they are from the eyes. Vertex depressed above. The 

 head is slightly wider than the thorax. Metanotum finely closely 

 punctured, without keels and with an oblique slope ; not furrowed 

 or excavated in the middle. Forewings hardly ciliated ; the posterior 

 with longish ciliae. Abdomen ending in a longish sharp point. 



ORMYEIDES. 



OEMYRUS, West 



A genus of small extent, recorded from the Palaearctic, Nearctic, 

 and Neotropical Zoological Regions. 



