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side, into a l^limtly rounded tooth : the centre bearing a large, 

 thin keel, rounded at the base and apex. Apex of ch'peus armed 

 with 3 short, bluntly rounded teeth. INIetanotal area wide at the 

 base, becoming roundly narrowed towards the apex : in the centre 

 are 2 stout, parallel keels, with a few transverse ones between ; on 

 either side are a few oblique ones and the apex is closely, coarsely 

 striated. Head, thorax and abdomen coarsely, closely punctured : 

 the lower part of front, face and clypeus thickly covered with 

 silvery pubescence. Hind tibiie with the spine stout, long and 

 pale, the tarsal spines being also long and white. Pygidium closely 

 and strongly punctured, the sides distinctly margined. 



Oxyhelus capensis. sp. nov. 



Black, antennal seape, the greater part of the mandibles, a line 

 on the apex of pronotum, tubercles, 2 large marks, transverse 

 behind, rounded in front, on the base of the scutellum, post- 

 scutellum, except the spine and large transverse marks on the basal 

 5 abdominal segments, bright lemon-yellow ; the greater part of 

 the -4 anterior femora, and the tibiae bright lemon yellow ; the hind 

 tibiae with a black mark on the outer side in the middle ; the tarsi 

 yellow, tinged with rufous. The pubescence on the front golden, 

 on the rest of the head and body silvery. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and nervures dark fuscous. Male. 



Length 5 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Head and thorax closely rugosely punctured. Scutellum with 

 a distinct keel down the middle. Sides of post-scutellum roundly 

 curved outwardly, the apex of the lateral projection incised in the 

 middle, the 2 parts bluntly rounded, the inner the larger ; the 

 spine broad at the base, becoming gradually, but not much, wider 

 towards the apex, which is widely incised, the incision wider at 

 the apex than its total length ; it is greatly hollowed, the sides pro- 

 jecting upwards ; it is black to shortly beyond the m.iddle ; the 

 black roundly incised ; the ai>ex yellowish testaceous : in the centre 

 of the base is a stout yellow spine. The metanotum is bordered 

 laterally by a stout keel : in tlu' centre are 2 ke(*ls which unite in 

 the midillt , ihcn I'un unitiil lo ilie afx'X : tlie s|»ac(' enclost'd by 

 thein is rugose at the base, tlie I'est smooth and shining ; on its 



