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A fuscous violaceous cloud ; areolet shortly, but distinctly appendicu- 

 lated. Antennae rufous, stout, as long as the head, thorax and basal 

 two segments of the abdomen united. <? . 



Length 17 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch (December). 



Pace closely, strongly punctured, the sides broadly depressed ; the 

 apex obliquely rounded to a bluntly rounded point. Frontal keel 

 stout, yellow. Front and vertex closely rugosely punctured. Thorax 

 closely, strongly punctured, the sides of the scutellum smooth ; the 

 metanotum more strongly, rugosely punctured, and with some striae; 

 without a defined central, or other area. Scutellar depression deep, 

 clearly defined and bearing five stout keels. Abdomen closely, 

 stoutly punctured, more closely and finely towards the apex ; the last 

 segment smooth ; the first distinctly longer than it is wide at the 

 apex ; the apices of the segments are slightly dilated in the middle 

 and more narrowly at the sides ; the penultimate is roundly, widely 

 incised. 



Metopius albo-ornatus, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with a white pile, the face, lower half of 

 the upper inner orbits, labrum, base of mandibles, palpi, a longish 

 line on the pronotum, tegulae, tubercles, a large mark, twice longer 

 than wide, of equal width and rounded above, down the base of the 

 mesopleuras, scutellar keels, scutellums, and an irregular mark on 

 the sides of the apex of the metanotum and the apices of the abdo- 

 minal segments — the line on the first broader and incised in the 

 middle — whitish yellow. Four front legs whitish yellow, the femora 

 marked with rufous above ; the hind coxae black except for a large, 

 oblique mark dilated at the apex on the outer side, the rest of the legs 

 rufo-fulvous, except for the following whitish-yellow marks : a mark 

 on the apex of the trochanters, a large mark, greatly dilated above, 

 on the base of the femora on the outer side, the apex largely on the 

 outer side, a small mark on the apex of the tibiae and the calcaria, 

 whitish yellow ; the inner half of the femora is largely black. Wings 

 hyaline, the apex with a small smoky cloud in front ; the areolet is 

 shortly appendiculated and receives the recurrent nervure shortly 

 behind the middle. ^ . 



Length 14 mm. 



Natal. Estcourt, 



Antennge rufous, the scape yellow below ; they ai'e slightly longer 

 than the abdomen. Face closely punctured, its centre slightly 

 raised, the sides depressed ; the apex broadly rounded, the middle 



