Hifmenoptera. 235 



Vertex below the ocelli in-egnlarly striated, reticulated. 

 Mesonotum stoutly, transversely striated, the centre of the lobes 

 depressed, smooth, as is also the apex. Scutellum roundly convex, 

 smooth and shining. Base of ab<lomen behind the keel smooth, 

 with the basal furrow crenulated ; the rest stoutly, transversely 

 striated, tlie stria? i-oundly curved in places. Propleurae strongly, 

 closely striated . the meso- closely punctui-ed, tlic^ centre with a 

 curved striated depression. Abdominal petiole long, slender, 

 smooth and shining : the middle segments closely punctured, the 

 apices of the basal 3 narrowly testaceous. The abdominal petiole 

 is longer and more slender (especially the post-petiole) than usual, 

 the whole insect, indeed, being more slenderly built than in the 

 typical species. So, too, the parapsidal furrows and the apical 

 depression are deepei- and more strongly striated. Areolet square, 

 receiving the recui'rent nervure shortly beyond the middle. The 

 transverse median nervure in hind wings l)roken at the middle. 

 Temples obliquely nan-owed. Thorax about 4 times longer than 

 wide. 



Braclii/ropalum ? nigriceps, sp. nov. 



Rufo-luteous, the anteunaj, head, trophi and prosternum, • 

 black ; wings fuscous, iridiscent, the nervures and stigma black. 

 Female. 



Length 7, terebra 8-9 mm. 

 Grahamstown. Misses Daly and Sole. 



Face and clypeus, except round the fovea?, closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the front and vertex with clearly separated punctures. 

 Apex of clypeus broadly rounded. Malar space fully as long as 

 the eyes. Mesonotum and scutellum sparsely punctured. 

 Metanotum rugosely punctured : an elongated area, narrowed at 

 the base and apex ; the sides bordered by a waved keel, 

 Parapsidal furrows, wide, shallow, but deeper and wider round 

 the apex of the middle lobe : the sides at the apex below, widely • 

 projecting Abdomen shorter than the thorax, smooth and 

 shining : a waved, shallow, indistinct furrow on the middle of the 

 2nd segment. Legs densely pilose. Areolet almost square ; 

 transverse median nervure received beyond the transverse basal. 



