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abdominal segment, long, cm'ved, slender ; its spiracles close to the 

 apex ; the spiracles of second segment close to the middle ; ovipositor 

 ong. Four front tibiae thicker than the femora ; their base dis- 

 tinctly contracted. Eadial cellule short, its apex widely distant 

 from the apex; the recurrent nervure received behind the trans- 

 verse cubital ; transverse median nervure interstitial ; median 

 nervure in hind wings unbroken. Clypeus not separated from 

 the face. 



The affinities of this genus are with OphiononeiLra Cam. ; that 

 genus may be known by the tibiae not being distinctly contracted 

 at the base, by the longer radial cellule, by the sides of the scutellum 

 not being stoutly keeled, and by there being two areae on the base 

 of the metanotum. 



Erythkophion ferrugineus, sp. nov. 



Ferruginous, the apex of the abdomen darker coloured ; the 

 wings short, hyaline, highly iridescent, the stigma dark rufous, 

 the costa and nervures blackish. Face strongly and closely 

 punctured, the clypeus much more strongly, but also much 

 more sparsely punctured. Apical half of mandibles black. Palpi 

 dark fuscous. Pro- and mesothorax closely and strongly punctured ; 

 the mesonotum irregularly transversely striated. Metanotum closely, 

 stoutly, irregularly reticulated ; the base less strongly so ; the apex in 

 the middle transversely striated, where it is depressed. Metapleurae 

 irregularly, widely reticulated, much more closely below, the lower 

 part rugosely punctured; bordered below by a stout keel. Base 

 of mesosternum bordered by a stout, deep furrow. ? . 



Length 13-15 mm. ; terebra 7-8 mm. 



Cape Town. Stellenbosch. 



ANOMALONINL 



TRICHOMMA, Wesm. 



? Trichomma brevipenne, sp. nov. 



Black, the palpi, the four front legs except the coxae, lemon- 

 yellow, the apical joint of the hind trochantei's, femora and 

 tibiae red, their tarsi black ; the basal segment of the abdomen 

 and the apices of the third and fourth dark red; wings short, 

 not much more than half the length of the abdomen ; hyaline, 

 the costa, stigma, and nervures black, g . 



Length 11 mm. 



Cape Colony. Neighbourhood of Cape Town. 



