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long; 1st recurrent nervore interstitial : the 2nd received near the 

 apex of the cellule. Apex of metathorax i-ounded, not dentate. 

 No tarsal comb. Claws bifid. Mandibles with a long, sharply 

 pointed apical tooth. Prothorax longer than the meso — ; its hintl 

 edge almost transverse. Tibias sparsely, the tarsi thickly spinose. 

 This genus should readily be known by the cubitus in hind 

 wings originating far behind the transverse -median, in the known 

 genera it originates beyond it or is interstitial. The radial cellule 

 is smaller than usual. 



Mici'opJiadmis hicolor, sp. nov. 



Black : the tibiae and base of tarsi dark rufous ; palpi fuscous, 



wings hyaline, the apex from near the 2nd transverse cubital 



nervure smoky : the stigma and nervures dark fuscous ; the 2nd 



ti-ansverse cubital and the 2nd recurrent nervures pale. Female. 



Length 5 mm. 



Grahamstown Misses Daly and 8ole. 



Pruinose, the apices of abdominal segments with broad bands 

 of white pile : the mesonotum and scutellum closely, minutely 

 punctured. Eyes slightly, but distinctly converging above. Ocelli 

 in a triangle, the hinder separated from each othei' by the same 

 distance they are from the eyes. Long spur of hind til>ia3 half the 

 length of the metatarsus. 



Microphadnus? fascipennis, sp. nov. 

 Black, covered with cinereous pubescence ; mandibles piceous ; 

 wings fuscous, iridescent, the stigma and nervures black. Male. 

 Length 7 mm. 



Grahamstown. Dr. Penther. 



Eyes curved, converging above, separated thei-e hj the length 

 of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th antennal joints united. Ocelli in a curve, 

 the hinder separated from each other by a slightly greater length 

 than they are from the eyes. Second cubital cellule on the lower 

 side nearly as long as the radial ; the transverse cubital nervures 

 in front obliquelj^ bent towards each other, the cellule being thus 

 narrowed in front ; the 1st recurrent nervure is received near the 

 apex of the basal fourth ; the 2nd closer to the apex. Tibial spui-s 

 long ; there are 2 or 3 at the apex of the femora: fore claws with a 

 tooth ; the posterior simple. 



