224 Albmu/ Mvi^f'tnii Record fi. 



Sa/iiis ( (J///)h<)it(inf/.r) rri///i rnsforniis^ s]>. iiov. 



Black, tlic aiitoniial scapo, and ely])ens ferrnQ-inons : the 

 antennal tlagellnm rufous, darkor towards tlie apex : legs rufous, 

 covered with a golden pile ; wings fuscous violaceous. Female. 



Length 2") mm. 



Brak Kloof. April. Mrs. (4. White. 



Head smooth, impunctate. Eyes at the top separated l)y the 

 length of the 2nd and 3rd antennal joints united. A])ex of 

 clypeus l)roadiy i-ounded : the l)ase deeply depressed. The 2nd 

 cubital cellule slightly, but distinctly, longer than the 3rd : the 

 1st recurrent nervure received near the base of the apical third of 

 the cellule, the 2nd shortly behind the middle : the 1st transverse 

 cubital nervure obliquely l:)ent above, the 3i"d from below the 

 middle ; transverse median nervure in hind wings interstitial. 

 Claws stout. Basal half of metanotnm almost smooth, the apical 

 with stout, clearly separated, moi-e or less curved sti'ia?. Tibial 

 spines shoi't. Long spur of hind calcaria reaching slightl}' beyond 

 the middle of metatarsus. The transverse median nervure 

 received near the apex of basal third of the cellule. Hind ocelli 

 separated from the eyes by 3 times the distance they are from 

 each other. 



Looks like a small specimen of S. dcdjas, Guer. but, inter alia, 

 that species is much larger, and the cubitus in hind wings is 

 received behind the transverse m^edian, not interstitial. 



SCOLIID^]. 

 Discolia botucywi, sp. nov. 



Length 37 mm. Female. 



Grrahamstown. June. Mr. J. \Vel)ber. 



Black, densely covered with black hair ; the flagellum of 

 antennae rufous below ; the spines on the fore tarsi black and red. 

 Wings dai'k fuscous violaceous, a pale hery red cloud in the base 

 and apex of the costal cellule ; a longish one, roundly curved, in 



