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Face and clypeus strongly and closely punctured, the sides of the 

 latter smooth. Front and vertex strongly punctured, the centre of 

 the former strongly, closely transversely striated. Clypeal teeth 

 large, broad, rufous as is also the apex of the clypeus ; their inner 

 side straight, oblique, the outer rounded. Pro- and mesothorax 

 closely, strongly punctured ; the apex of the mesonotum depressed 

 in the middle, irregularly reticulated. Scutellum closely, but not 

 very strongly punctured. Post-scutellum striated. Base of meta- 

 notum depressed, bordered behind by a curved keel ; the rest 

 reticulated ; the pleuraB below the keel more closely rugosely 

 punctured, the punctures running into reticulations at the apex. 

 First abdominal segment smooth and shining. 



Ophioneura bidentatus, sp. nov. 



Black; the second and following segments of the abdomen rufous; 

 the eye orbits all round, the line narrowed above, the face, except 

 for a square black mark in the middle, joined to the black of the 

 clypeus by a short peduncle ; the black below with tv^^o irregular 

 yellow marks ; the apex of the clypeus, except for a reddish line 

 below, mandibles except at the apex, two large marks, rounded on 

 the inner and narrowed at the base and with the apex slightly 

 roundly incised, a line along the tegulae, two short lines in the 

 middle opposite them, scutellums, metanotum, except for two large 

 marks at the base, slightly narrowed and rounded at the apex, a 

 longish mark below the tegulae, one longer than wide at the base 

 below it, a small irregular one below its apex, a large curved, broad 

 line on the apical two-thirds below, and the apex of the metapleurae 

 largely in the centre, yellow. Legs rufous ; the hinder darker 

 coloured ; the fore tarsi paler, more yellowish in tint ; the four 

 anterior coxae and trochanters yellow ; the hinder coxae and 

 trochanters black ; the coxas largely yellow above ; the hind tarsi 

 black. Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black. ^ . 



Length 17 mm. 



Cape Colony. Graham stown. 



STICTOPHION, gen. nov. 



This genus has the neuration of Ophioneura and Erythrophion 

 here described. The three genera may be separated thus : — 



Sides and apex of scutellum not keeled ; base of metanotum 



areolated ; body largely marked with yellow Ophioneura. 



