H>/mriii)pff'rn. 145 



tliere is an area on the centre of metanotum at the l);ise : tlie 

 metathoracic spiracles small, longish oval ; there are no thyridia ; 

 there is an oblique keel on the projileurae : there are <S dorsal 

 abdominal segments : there are no distinct eerci. Maiulihles 

 l)identate. 



Comes nearest to Lis/rogitafJins To this genns probably 

 belongs Mesostetiiis sfridfifrons^ Hrulh'", from the Caue of Ciood 

 Hope. 



LarpeJites ruficoUiti, sp. nov. 



Black, the prothorax. mesonotum with scutellums, the meso- 

 pleurse from shortly below the middle, red : a band on the ui)per 

 side of the middle of antennae, a narrow line on the apex of tht* 

 penultimate and on the last segment above, white ; legs black, tlie 

 4 anterior femora and tibi« dull testaceous in front : wings 

 hyaline, the ai)ex infnscated, the nervure.s and stigma l)laek. 

 Female. 



Length 10 mm. : terebra 4 mm. 



The ocellar region and the upper part of the front bearing 

 large, round, clearly separated punctures ; the frontal spine in 

 front becomes gradually lengthened to the apex, which is sharply 

 pointed. Face and upper part of clypeus closely and distinctly 

 punctured, the punctures in the centre almost forming reticula- 

 tions ; the depressed apex of the clypeus and the labrum smooth 

 and shining. Mandibles opaque and punctured at the base, the 

 rest smooth and shining. Palpi dai-k testaceous. Pro- and meso- 

 tliorax closely and strongly punctured ; the base of the metanotum 

 is similarly, the rest of it more strongly rugosely, punctured. 

 Scutellar keels stout, extending to the middle. Post scutellum 

 smooth and shining. Abdomen smooth, the apical segments moi-e 

 shining. 



PimpJa shawi, sj). nov. 



Black, the face, clj'peus, the lower half of outer orbits, man- 

 dibles to near the teeth and 4 front legs, yellowish-fulvous : wings 

 yellowish-hyaline, the apex from the base of the stigraia fuscous, 

 with a large yellowish-hj-aline cloud extending from the apex of 

 the stigma to near the middle of the apical abscissa of radius and 

 extending to shortly beyond the sub-discoidal nervui-e, where it 

 becomes obliquely narrowed, and touching the outer side of the 

 apex of the recurrent nervure : the apex of the hind wings fuscous. 



