236 Albany Museum Records. 



Brachycoryphus ? striolatus, sp. nov. 



Dark rufous, the apical half of the 'Ah and the following 

 segments of the abdomen yellowish-white, the greater part of the 

 occiput, sides of oral region, the greater part of the malar space, 

 mandil)les broadly at the base, scutellar depression, base of 

 metanotum, the centre of mesosternuni, the sides at the base and 

 apex, pleural furrow, base of metapleura^ narrowly, and the lower 

 side broadly, black. Legs darker coloured, the rufous colour on 

 the hind tibiae and tarsi blackish. Wings clear hyaline, the 

 nervures and stigma black ; the areolet small, square, closed, re- 

 ceiving the recurrent nervure at the apex, interstitial. Male. 



Length 9 mm. 



Capetown. 



Face, closely rugose ; the sides separated from the centre, 

 which is roundly convex. Clypeus somewhat strongly punctured 

 to shortly beyond the middle, the apex smooth. Fore part of 

 vertex rugose, irregularly striated. Temples very short. Occiput 

 transverse. Mesonotum strongly, closely transversely striated ; 

 the lateral lobes depressed down the centre. Scutellum smooth at 

 the base, the I'est strongly, but not closely, i)unctured. Rase of 

 metanotum closely reticulated ; its central area large, narrowed 

 obliquely towards the apex : the rest strongly reticulated, thickly 

 covered with pale pubescence : the teeth prominent, broad, 

 rounded at the apex. Propleurae irregularly, strongly clearly 

 striated, the top closely rugose, the centre at the base almost 

 smooth, meso- and metapleuras closely, coarsely rugose, except at 

 the apex above ; the metapleuras are more coarsely rugose than the 

 meso-. First abdominal segment longer than the second : it 

 becomes gradually wider towards the apex ; it is strongly 

 * punctured, especially at the apex which laterally, is 

 bordered by keels ; the 2nd to 4th are closely and 

 strongly punctured, the apical smooth and covered with white 

 pubescence : the last segment bluntly pointed at the apex ; 

 longer than the penultimate. 



