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basal areae shining, sparsely punctured ; the punctures large, clearly 

 separated ; the other areae strongly, closely punctured, the posterior 

 median more or less transversely striated-reticulated ; the striae 

 strongest on the sides. Abdomen closely, strongly punctured, the 

 post-petiole smooth at the spiracles ; gastrocoeli deep, striated, 

 smooth in the middle. Areolet 5-angled, narrowed in front ; the 

 recurrent nervure received shortly beyond the middle ; the disco- 

 cubital and the recurrent nervure broken by a stump ; the transverse 

 median nervure received shortly beyond the middle. 



The amount of red colour probably varies ; there may be a red 

 mark on the metapleui'ae. Areola horseshoe-shaped, longer than 

 wide ; the apex rounded inwardly. I only know the 3 . It may be 

 a Stcnichneumon. It is not an Ichneumon, sens. str. 



EXEPHANES, Wesm. 



EXEPHANES NIGROMACULATUS, Sp. nOV. 



Eufous, the pleurse except the upper half of the pro-, the breasts, 

 and a line down the middle of the metanotum, dilated at the base 

 and still more so at the apex, black ; the basal third of the antennee 

 rufous, the rest black, with joints 10-16 whitish below; wings 

 hyaline, slightly tinged with yellow ; the stigma and nervures 

 fulvous. $ . 



Length 15-16 mm. 



Cape Colony. King William's Town. 



Face and upper part of clypeus strongly and closely punctured, the 

 lower part of the latter smooth ; it has a /^-shaped fovea in the 

 middle. Front and vertex closely and coarsely punctured. Man- 

 dibles rufous, the teeth black, the upper tooth much larger than the 

 lower. Palpi rufous, tinged with yellow. Thorax closely punctured 

 and covered with a white down ; the scutellum is less and the 

 metanotum more closely punctured than the mesonotum. Scutellum 

 rounded, keeled at the base. Areola long, about three times longer 

 than wide, open at the base, indistinctly separated from the posterior 

 median ; its apical half narrower than the basal ; there are two 

 lateral areae, the basal is the smaller and is longer than wide ; the 

 apical larger, roundly, obliquely narrowed from the inner side to the 

 apex on the outer ; there are three areae on the apical slope, which 

 is closely, strongly, transversely striated. Spiracles long, linear. 

 Abdomen twice the length of the thorax ; the post-petiole and the 

 second and third segments closely punctured ; the centre of the post- 

 petiole raised, clearly limited, wider than the sides ; the gastrocoeli 



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