160 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Length 12-13 mm. 



Cape. 



There is a narrow rufous hne on the upper half of the inner orbits ; 

 the face closely, strongly punctured ; the upper part of clypeus with 

 some strong, deep punctures. Labrum fulvous, fringed with golden 

 hair. Mandibles rufo-fulvous, black at the apex. Thorax closely 

 punctured ; the scutellum more strongly punctured, its apex triangu- 

 larly raised and closely longitudinally striated. Metanotum rugosely 

 punctured ; the areola longer than wide, roundly narrowed at the 

 base, the keels there irregular ; the apex is roundly curved 

 inwardly ; it. is irregularly rugosely striated ; posterior median area 

 closely transversely striated. Centre of post-petiole aciculated, the 

 sides strongly punctured; the second to fourth segments closely 

 punctured ; the base of the second closely striated ; the gastrocojli 

 deep, rugose. Areolet 5-angled, narrowed in front ; recurrent ner- 

 vure received at the base of the basal third, disco-cubital nervure 

 unbroken ; the transverse median nervure received beyond the 

 transverse basal. 



Ichneumon ? natalensis, sp. nov. 



Black, the face, clypeus, labrum, mandibles, except at apex, palpi, 

 a line on the inner orbits, one on the outer commencing near the 

 top, becoming gradually wider below, a line on the pronotum, not 

 reaching quite to the base, tubercles, a small triangular mark below 

 the hind wings, scutellums, a mark on the sides of the apical half of 

 the metanotum, the mark gradually narrowed to a point below, a 

 mark on the apex of the basal four segments of the abdomen on the 

 sides, the marks narrowed to a point on the inner side, and the last 

 segment above, yellow ; the greater part of the mesopleurae and of 

 the fourth to sixth abdominal segments and the greater part of the 

 ventral surface, red. Four front coxae yellow, their trochanters 

 black ; femora rufous, yellow at the apex below, the tibiae yellow, 

 blackish above, the tarsi black ; hind legs black ; the femora more or 

 less red. Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black. Antennal 

 scape yellow, the flagellum rufous below. J . 



Length 16-17 mm. 



Natal. Malvern. 



Head closely punctured, covered with a short white down. Apical 

 joints of palpi fulvous. Pro- and mesothorax closely punctured, the 

 apex of propleurfe striated in the middle. Areolet smooth, shining ; 

 the apex finely striated, the base open in the middle; the lateral 



