138 . Albany 3Iuseum Record's. 



greater distaiice than they are from each other, Clypeus roundlj' 

 convex ; its apex broadly rounded, the apex depressed, smooth.. 

 Mandibular teeth black. Temples roundly narrowed. Third* 

 antennas joint as long as the vertex between the eyes and distinctly 

 longer than the fourth. Palpi pale testaceous. Pronotum behind' 

 broadly incised ; rounded ; its sides broadly rounded. Metanotum 

 alutaceous, covered with a silvery pubescence ; indistinctly 

 furrowed down the middle. The 2nd and 3rd abscissae of the 

 radius and cubitus equal in length, or almost so ; the 1st i-ecurrent 

 nervure received shortly beyond the middle : the 2nd at the apex 

 of the basal third of the cellule. 



The metanotum is clearly longer than broad ; the metapleura^ 

 are obscurely striated. Abdomen shorter than the thorax ; apex 

 of penultimate ventral segment i^oundly incised. The long spur 

 of the hinder calcaria does not quite reach to the middle of the- 

 metatarsus and is longer than the 2nd tarsal joint. 



The form of colouration shown by this species is, appaj'ently, 

 common in Africa. The present s}3ecies comes near to P. nigro- 

 aurantidca, Magr., from which it differs-, inter alia, in the pro- 

 pleurae and all the coxse being black. 



CeropcUes punctulata, sp. nov. 



Black ; the lower part of the front including the lower half of 

 the inner orbits, the outer orbits narrowly, face, clypeus, labrum,, 

 mandibles, under part of the scape and second joint of antennai 

 and the 4 front coxae below, bright yellow ; a broad line on the 

 apex of the pronotum, the apical half of the 1st abdominal segment 

 and the legs rufous ; the flagellum of the antennae bright rufo- 

 testaceous; the scape black above ; wings hyaline, the stigma 

 fuscous in the middle, ihe rest and the nervures black. Male, 



Length 8 mm. 



Antennae short and thick • the 3rd and -Ith joints equal in 

 length ; front and vertex strongly punctured, the vertex behind 

 less closely than the front ; hind ocelli separated from the eyes by 

 about the same distance they are from each other. Temples short, 

 rounded. Eyes distinctly converging below ; roundly incised ; 

 the malar space small. Apex of clypeus slightly roundly incised, 

 Mesonotum strongly, but not closely punctured ; the part bordering 

 the furrows (which are distinct) smooth ; the sides of the scutellum 

 punctured, the centre smooth ; its top marked with yellow in the 

 centre. Median segment opaque, alutaceous ; a V-shaped depres- 

 sion at the base in the middle ; its centre is furrowed ; its sides 



