154 Annals of the SoittJi African Museum. 



transversely striated. Mesonotum closely, rugosely punctured. 

 Scutellums smooth. Metanotum closely reticulated ; the base on 

 either side smooth ; the areola not clearly defined, open behind ; the 

 reticulations on the apical slope stronger than elsewhere ; the spines 

 are long, stout — about three times longer than wide. Areolet narrow, 

 about twice longer than wide. 



LAEPELITES, Cam. 

 Lakpelites ruficollis. Cam. 

 Eecords Alb. Mus., i., 145. 



This species is in the collection from Estcourt, Natal (E. Havi- 

 land). Cryptus celer, Tosq., from Senegal (Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., 

 v., 161), is clearly another species of the genus. It is to be noted of 

 L. ruficollis that the propleural keel curls round inwardly at the top. 



STENOMERIS, gen. nov. 



Wings uniformly fuscous violaceous ; the areolet small, square ; 

 disco-cubital nervure not broken ; transverse median nervure inter- 

 stitial ; the transverse median nervure in hind wings broken shortly 

 below the middle. Median segment closely, rugosely punctured, 

 without keels ; the spiracles long. Abdominal petiole slender, long, 

 not distinctly dilated at the apex ; the post-petiole not separated. 

 Temples wide, rovmdly, obliquely narrowed. Clypeus roundly con- 

 vex, clearly separated by a deep depression from the face ; its apex 

 dilated in the middle, sepai'ated from the side, but not projecting 

 downwards. Labrum hidden. Mandibles with two large teeth. 

 Parapsidal furrows indistinct, narrow, shallow. Scutellum not raised 

 above the level of the mesonotum ; its basal depression large, deep. 



It is doubtful if this genus should be placed in the Cnjptini or 

 Mesostenini ; the form of the areolet does not give always a trust- 

 vyorthy distinction between the two. In the present species the 

 areolet, although small, is closed at the apex ; the general appear- 

 ance of the insect, too, is more like the Cryptini. 



The type of the genus is Cryptus xanthopus, Be., Hymen., iv., 194 ; 

 Tosquinet, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., v., 130, which is in the collection 

 from Stellenbosch, December. 



HEMITELINI. 



XENOLYTUS, Forst. 



Xenolytus rufipes, sp. nov. 



Black, the legs and abdomen from the base of the second segment 



red ; the antennal scape testaceous below, the flagellum fuscous ; 



