Hymennptera. 140 



of the basal area is a smooth depression, rounded at the apex. 

 Pleurae and sternum covered with white pubescence ; the red 

 apex of metapleurae striated ; the lower part of the meso- is 

 furrowed. First segment of abdomen with large, widely separated 

 punctures ; the base with 2 widely separated keels ; the sides at 

 the apex smooth ; the other segments are closely, strongly and 

 regularly punctured : the punctuation being weaker gradually to 

 the apical. The large rhomboidal areolet is shortly appendiculated 

 and receives the recurrent nervure shortly behind the middle ; the 

 stigma pale testaceous ; the transverse median nervure is received 

 shortly in front of the transverse basal ; tegulee red ; the transverse 

 median nervure in hind wings broken above the middle. Basal 

 joints of antennae red : the rest are broken off. First, second, 

 third, fourth and sixth segments are longer than l:)road ; the 5th 

 almost square. 



This is a Metopius s. str. 



BRACONID^. 



Iphicmlax capensis, sp. nov. 



Rufo-testaceous, the front, vertex, occiput, upper half of outer 

 eye orbits and antennae, black ; palpi blackish, thickly covered 

 with long white hair ; apex of mandibles black : there is a short 

 black line on the top of the face in the centre, wings dark fuscous ; 

 the basal two-thirds of stigma ochraceous ; a curved, oblique 

 hyaline cloud, narrowed below in the 1st cubital cellule, extending 

 below into the discoidal cellule ; and there is a small hyaline 

 cloud on either side of the 2nd transverse cubital nervure, the 

 larger cloud on the outerside. Female. 



Length 14-15, terebra 20 mm. 



Antennae stout, shorter than the bodj^ ; the scape about 4 

 times longer than wide, shining, sparsely covered with black hair ; 

 the 3rd and 4th joints equal in length. Face coarsely rugosely 

 punctured, sparsely covered with black hair ; the clypeus smooth. 

 Front deeply depressed, its sides raised ; the centre with a deep 

 furrow ; the orbits lined with luteous to near the top of the eyes. 



