160 Albany Museum Records. 



CYNIPIDI^E. 



Anachar aides, gen nov. 



Scntellum large, obliqviely raised from the base to the apex : 

 on the apical three-fourths is a depression, rounded behind, bor- 

 dered by a distinct keel, the apex with a semi-circular depression, 

 the basal foveae large, separated from the mesonotum by a trans- 

 verse keel ; parapsidal furrows distinct, except at the apex. Post- 

 scutellum with a triangular area — the narrow part at the base — in 

 the centre, the keels bounding it smooth and shining. Aletanotum 

 with 2 widely separated keels in the centre. Abdominal petiole 

 as long as the hind coxae. Radial cellule open at fore margin 

 and at the base ; the basal abscissa of radius broadly rounded, not 

 clearly separated from the subcostal nervure. Temples sharply 

 mtargined, striated. 



The peculiar shape of the scutelium forms a well-marked 

 feature with this genus of Anacharime. 



Anacharoides striaticeps, sp, nov. 



Black ; the head for the greater part piceous ; the antenna? 

 yellowish-testaceous ; the vertex finely rugose, bordeied by a keel 

 which runs from the anterior ocellus. Pronotum large, dark 

 rufous ; propleurae closely, minutely, indistinctly, obliquely 

 striated. There is an oblique furrow on the mesopleura?, running 

 from the hind wings to the lower base of the wing ; the part above 

 this and the metapleurtfi rugosely punctured. Median segment 

 alutaceous, covered with a white pubescence. Legs black, the 

 joints piceous ; the 4 front tarsi testaceous. Wings clear hyaline, 

 the nervures pale testaceous-yellow ; the margins of both wings 

 shortly ciliated. Female. 



Length 3 mm. 



Pearston, South Africa. Prof. Robert Broom, C.M.Z.S. 



Temples narrowed above, stoutly, closely striated, except close 

 to the eyes ; occiput striated closely, the striae curved. 



