Hipiwnoptera. 207 



Ijength to end of 2n(l nbdomiiia] segment 7 mm. 



Rrak Kloof. Mrs. G. White.— Dnnbrody. ivlay. Rev. J. A. 

 O'Neil, S.J. 



Clypeus pyi'iform, l)rortdly rounded above, the apex with a 

 distinct incision, which is, if anything, longer than it is wide at 

 the apex. Head and thorax closely and sti-ongly punctured ; the 

 metapleura? coarsely shagreened, the upper part with shallow, 

 round punctures ; the apex of metanotum Jhickly covered with 

 white hair. First abdominal segment stout, broad, narrowed 

 behind the tubercles, which are distinct ; it is not so long as the 

 thorax, but longer than the 2nd segment. 



Allied to E. hicasia, Sauss. ; that species is largej-., has the 

 petiole longer and thinner, the 2nd segment clearly narrowed at 

 the base as in Zenthus, and the temples are only slightly 

 developed ; in the present species they are as long as the space 

 between the hind ocelli. 



Sijnagris intennedia, sp. nov. 



Black, antennae, clypeus in male, and the ih-d and following 

 segments of the abdomen bright orange, wings fuscous violaceous: 

 palpi 4 and 5-jointed. Female and male. 



Length Hi- 15 mm. 



Teafontein. Miss Leppan. — Brak Kloof. Mrs. White — Glen 

 Lj-nden. Miss Leppan. 



Head and thorax closely, rugosely punctured. Clyi)eus in 

 female in length as long as its greatest width, pyriform, sparsely 

 punctured, the punctures moi^e distinct near the apex ; the dilated 

 top part slightly depressed in the middle : its apex dejn-essed in 

 the middle, transverse, l)Ut through the depression the edges 

 projeet. The basal 3 teeth of the mandibles are sharply separated, 

 they become gradually longer, the Ih-d being as long as the basal 

 two united, and the 2nd more than double the length of the Lst. 

 Post-scutellum depressed in the centre, the sides roundly convex. 

 Median segment rugosely reticulated ; the sides at the ap;'X with 2 

 short blunt teeth. First abdominal segment laterally keeled below 

 in male, the keel incised near the apex. The apical one or two 

 joints of the tarsi rufous. 



