208 Albany Miiseiun Records. 



In the male the clypeus does not diffei- much from the 

 female's, except in colour ; it is as wide as long, sparsely punctured; 

 its apex may l)e, in the middle, transverse or slightly rounded in- 

 wardly. The Ijasal two-thirds of the 2nd abdominal segment 

 Ijelovv, are broadly depressed, the de})ression roundeJ at the apex. 



Comes close to iS'. ininuta, but that has the clypeus in the 

 male clearly longer than its greatest width : and the form of the 

 mandil)les is different, these being formed as in (Uialis, more than 

 as in fervida with which Saussure compares them. Cf. Saussure, 

 Melang. Hymen, ii. pi. 2. 



S'l/nayr/s calida L. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. (i. White.- Kowie. F. Pym.— Grahams- 

 town. Dr. Penther. 



In all the examples I have examined of this species the 

 maxillary palpi are 3-jointed: and those I have mounted in l)al- 

 salm do not look as if a joint had been l)roken off. 



SPHEGID.E. 

 Oxybrlns ruficaiidis, sp. nov. 



Black, base of mandibles, a line on the hinder edge of the 

 pronotum, tubercles, a somewhat oval oblique mark on the sides 

 of the scutellum at the base, post scutellum, and broad bands on 

 the sides of the basal 4 abdominal segments, pale yellow ; the 

 apex of the penultimate abdominal segment, the last entirely, the 

 apex of femora narrowly and the til)a3 ami tai'si rufous, as are also 

 the tegular. Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma fuscous. 

 Flagellum brownish below. Female. 



Length 8 mm. 



(Irahamstown. February. Misses Dal} and Sole. 



Scutellar spine twice longer than wide, de[)resed deeply above, 

 the apex deeply, roundly incised. Scutellum witli a narrow, l)ut 

 tlistioL-t k(,'el down the centre, sides of post-sculellum rounded 

 ■jutwanlly, the aiiical lateral projectiun pr(_)jeeLing, on the inner 



