14() Alhrnty Mus-eum Rt'coirh. 



Tile stigmal cloud has the anterior half narrower than the posterior 

 and is irregularlj- narrowed in the centre. Female. 



Length 12 mm. : tei-ebra 11 mm. 



Hab. Grahamstown. 



Antennae black : head smooth and shining : the temples 

 i-ounded, not obliquely narrowed ; face 1>laekish in the centre 

 a1)ove ; it is separated fi'om the face by a distinct transverse 

 f iiri'ow, which has a fovea on either side of the middle ; clypeus 

 semicircularly depressed in the middle : its centre roundly incised, 

 the sides roundly lobed. Thorax smooth and shining ; the 

 parapsidal furrows distinct at the base only : the sides of the 

 median segment sparsely punctured ; abdominal segments closely, 

 sti-ongly punctured, the 1st not so closely as the othei-s and the 

 apical less strongly ; the apices of all the segments are smooth and 

 shining. The upper half of the metapleurte sparsely punctured. 

 Wings large ; the areolet oblique : the nervures unite in front ; the 

 recurrent nervure is roundly curved, and is received near the base 

 of the apical third ; the disco-cubital nervure is broken by a large 

 stump of a nervure. Tegula3 luteous Tarsi covered with stiff 

 pubescence, which is fulvous on the hind pair : the apices of the 

 joints spinose ; the hinder calcaria pale. 



Comes near to P. crocata, Tosq. The species is named after 

 my old schoolmaster. Dr. John Shaw of Colesl)erg. 



Piinpla sj)//(>asj//s, sp. nov. 



Black; the abdomen and legs ferruginous ; a Ijroad band on 

 the pronotum, tegulse, scutellum from near the base, the m^rk 

 roundly narrowed there, post-scutellum, and a mark, longer than 

 broad, on either side of the apex of metanotum, white. Wings 

 clear hyaline, the nervures and stigma black, the areolet narrowed 

 in front, the nervures uniting there, recurrent nervure received 

 shortly beyond the middle : transverse median nervure almost 

 interstitial : transverse median nervure in hind wing broken about 

 halfway between the middle and top. Female and Male. 



Length 9-10, terebra 3 mm. 



Face closely and strongly punctured : clypeus smooth, its 

 lower part rufo-testaceous. Mandibles closely punctured, the 

 teeth smooth. Palpi black. Pro- and mesothorax closely and 

 uniformly punctui-ed : metanotum closely transversely, finely 

 striated, the stria? more or less curved ; the punctuation on the 



