174 Albany Museum Records. 



testaceous ; legs testaceous, with a fulvous tinge, the 4 posterior 

 coxae black, the apex of the hind tibiae, and the apices of the 

 hinder tarsal joints broadly fuscous-black ; wings clear hyaline, 

 the stigma and nervures fuscous. Female, 



Length 3 mm. 



Grahamstown. January : Miss Page. 



Ist abdominal segment as broad as long, its sides testaceous^ 

 the 2nd not quite so long as it and clearly shorter than the 3rd ,- 

 all the segments smooth and shining ; the basal ventral testaceous; 

 ovipositor very short. Antennae black, longer than the body. 

 Head and thorax smooth and shining. Tlie nervures bounding the 

 1st cubital cellule are roundly curved, thickened in the middle, 

 narrowed l>elow. The 2nd and 3rd segments are not keeled in the 

 middle. Median segment smooth and shining, not keeled in the 

 centre ; the 1st abdominal segment has a more perpendicular slope 

 than usual, its apex is raised in the centre ; the hypopygium 

 largely projects ; the 2nd segment has 2 depressed lines running^ 

 obliquely from the base to the apex, the central part thereby being 

 naiTowed at the base. 



ICHNEUMONID^. 



Ophiononeura^ gen. noY. 



Disco-cubital nervure|not broken by a stump of a nervure ; 

 transverse basal nervure interstitial ; disco-cubital cellule without 

 blister spots ; transverse median nervure in hind wings not broken 

 by a nervure. Apex of clypeus transverse ; largely foveate at the 

 sides above. Mesonotum rugose, without furrows. Metanotum 

 with two areae at the base, their keels broadly rounded ; the 

 spiracles about 3 times longer than wide. Abdomen long, slender, 

 compressed ; the ovipositor long. The antennae are short, 

 thickened towards the apex ; the clypeus depressed in the middle; 

 mandibles curved, narrowed towards the apex ; middle tibiae with 

 one spur ; claws not pectinated ; tarsi spinose ; abdomen three 

 times as long as the thorax ; wings short ; the entire thorax 

 rugose ; the apex of median segment not produced ; scutellum 



