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face and clypeus are more densely covered with white pubescence 

 than the rest of the head ; on the temples it is longer. Pro- and 

 mesothorax closely, coarsely punctured, densely covered with white 

 pubescence ; the apex of the propleurse coarsely irregularly striated ; 

 the punctures on the middle of the mesopleurge run into striae. 

 Median segment more coarsely, rugosely punctured, densely covered 

 with white hair ; the punctuation in the middle runs into reticula- 

 tions. 



There is a small reddish spot close to the eyes, opposite the 

 posterior ocelli ; the hind tibiae and tarsi may be blackish. 



Stictophion nigeicans, sp. nov. 



Black, the anterior femora, tibiae, and tarsi lined irregularly with 

 testaceous in front ; the head and thorax covered with a short, white 

 pubescence; the abdomen and legs with a white pile; wings hyaline, 

 highly iridescent, the nervures and stigma black. S . 



Length 16 mm. 



Cape Colony. Cape Town. 



Face closely, strongly punctured ; the clypeus more strongly, but 

 also more sparsely and irregularly ; the malar space with an opaque, 

 coarsely aciculated band on the inner side ; the rest of the head is 

 more strongly, if not quite so closely punctured. Pro- and meso- 

 thorax more strongly punctured than the head; the lateral lobe 

 of the mesonotum is coarsely irregularly punctured at the base. 

 Scutellum with a few large punctures at the base ; the apex more 

 finely and closely punctured ; its sides are raised, furrowed on the 

 inner side, the furrow irregularly striated. Post-scutellum rugosely 

 punctured. Median segment coarsely, irregularly reticulated, the 

 base in the middle more rugosely punctured than reticulated ; the 

 basal curved keels are not very distinct, and, on the inner side, 

 merge into the punctuation. The furrows at the sides of the post- 

 scutellum are wide, stoutly striated and with a raised border on the 

 outer edge. Metapleuros obliquely, irregularly striated, the striae 

 strongest in the middle, where they are twisted. 



ERYTHEOPHION, gen. nov. 

 Face elongate, malar space large, the clypeus largely projecting 

 beyond it ; its apex ending into two stout, clearly separated teeth. 

 Scutellum stoutly keeled laterally, gradually, roundly depressed 

 from the base to the apex. Metanotum rounded at the base, 

 reticulated-punctured, without keels. Spiracles large, linear. First 



