142 Albany Mnspitm Records. 



farrowed in the centre. Thorax closely, the metanotum more 

 rugoselj' punctured ; the keels on the metanotum not very strongly 

 developed ; the areola square, not clearly deflned behind. The 

 central part of the petiole and post-petiole raised ; the latter 

 coarsely punctured ; the other segments are more closely and 

 regularlj- punctured : gastrocoeli oblique, narrow, the part between 

 them not striated. Areolet 5-angled ; disco-cubital nervure broken 

 ])y the stump of a nervure. Tarsi pilose beneath, the apices of the 

 joints spinose. 



Eristicus iridipennis, sp. no v. 



Black, the eye-orbits narrowly, basal 3 segments of abdomen, 

 the fore femora except at the base, the apex above, the apical half 

 of the middle below, the hinder on the inner side, tibia? and tarsi 

 rufous ; wings fuscous violaceous, the stigma and nervures black. 

 Female. 



Length 9 mm. 



Antennae brownish below on the apical half ; the scape obscure 

 rufous below. Head closely and distinctly punctured and covered 

 with pale pubescence ; the clypeus is more shining and less closely 

 punctured. Thorax closely and strongly punctured ; the median 

 segment more coarsely than the rest ; the scutellum shining, 

 sparsely punctured. On the median segment the only distinct 

 area is on the sides of the apical slope. Abdomen shining, the 

 basal 3 segments minutely punctured ; the 4th and following 

 segments are obscure rufous at the apex ; the last is broadly 

 rounded ; the ventral segments largely marked with rufous. 

 Apices of tarsal joints and of tibial thickly spinose ; the basal joint 

 of tarsi thickly spinose below ; the outer side of tibiae sparsely 

 spined. 



The wings are highly iridescent ; the areolet is large, 5-angled : 

 mandibles rufous in the middle ; metanotum obliquely depressed 

 in the middle at the base ; the sides bordered ; the areola is only 

 distinctly bordered at the base, and indistinctly laterally at the 

 base. 



Cryptus capensis, sp. nov. 



Black ; the abdomen, except at the base of the 1st segment, 

 the femora, tibise, and tarsi, red ; wings hyaline, with a fuscous- 

 violaceous tinge, the nervures and stigma black. Female, 



