IDO Allxiny Museum Records. 



The 1st and 2nd ti-ansverse cubital nerviires are straight, 

 slightly ()hli(|ne : the '.Wd ohli(iue in front, l)roadly rounded below. 

 Face not elongated. A])ical halt' ol mandibles rufous. 



Hal ictus feri tins, sp. nov. 



Black, the hair white, the clypeus fringed with golden hair : 

 antennae deep black : wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 bhick : tlie 2nd cubital cellule two-thirds of the length of the 3i-d ; 

 the 1st recui-rent nervure received shoi-tly in front of the 

 transverse cubital, almost interstitial ; the 2nd reaping-hook- 

 shaped, received at a distance from the transverse cubital, which is 

 roundly, l)i'oadly curved. Metanotal area closely, uniformly 

 reticulated. Female. 



Length (1-7 mm. 



Grahamstown, September. Misses Daly and Sole. 



Clypeus strongly punctured, the punctures cleai'ly separated. 

 Face weakly, sparsely punctured. Front and vertex opaque, 

 finely, closely coriaceous. Pro- and mesonotuni and scutelhim 

 shining, obscurely, sparsely punctured. Pleurae opaque, alutaceous^ 

 the apex of the meso- obscurely striated above, below minutely 

 punctured ; the nieta- closely, hnely, not very distinctly punctured. 

 Metanotum not bordei-ed by keels. Abdomen smooth, the 

 segments not depressed : the rima obscure, rufous. 



The wings in certain lights are highly iridescent, and have a 

 slight fuscous tinge. 



Ha/ictus dc.sif//iatiis, sp. nov. 



Black ; apical half of mandibles ferruginous : apical half of 

 tlagellum brownish below : the pubescence white, except on the 

 tarsi, where it is ferruginous : apical joints of tarsi rufous ; calcaria 

 testaceous ; wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures testaceous. 

 Female. 



Length mm. 



Brak Kloof, November. Mrs. G. White. 



Metanotal area closely, strongly reticuhited-striated, the sides 

 more distinctly striated, the stride oblique. Clypeus shining, very 

 sparsely punctured on the apex, more closely on the base, the 

 sides impunctate. ('mtre of face broadly, roundly raised, 



