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The malar space is as long as the antennal scape. Transverse 

 median nervure received almost behind the tranverse basal. 

 Transverse median nervure angled where it is broken below the 

 middle in the hind wings. 



PlMPLIXA. 



Pimpla alfnpalpis, sp. nov. 



Rufous, the head and antennae black, palpi white ; the 4 front 

 legs obscure rufous ; the anterior femora white in front, with a 

 white line beyond the middle behind, the line on the femora the 

 larger, the middle til^iiB with a broad white band near the base ; 

 the hind coxse rufous, the rest of the legs black, slightly tinged 

 with rufous ; a broad white band near the base, the band as long as 

 the apical black part ; wings clear hyaline, the stigma and nervures 

 black. Female. 



Length 8 mm : terebra 2 mm. 



Grahamstown. August. M. Sole. 



Face closely punctured, covered with white pubescence ; the 

 cly})eus smoother, more shining. Front smooth below, the upper 

 part and sides hnely closelj' striated, the strite curved roundlj'. 

 Thorax closely punctured ; the upper part of the base of the 

 propleurae smooth, the rest striated, except at the extreme base. 

 Scutellum roundly convex, sparsely punctured. Metanotum 

 closely rugose, the centre at the base raised, closely, transversely 

 striated ; the apical slope smooth, raised in the centre, the sides 

 oblique, the outer edges raised. Abdomen closel^y punctured, the 

 apices of the segments smooth, narrowly lined with pale yellow : 

 the yellow more distinct on the ai)ical. Only the Hrd segment has 

 a transverse depression ; on the base of the 2nd is a deep 

 transverse depression, which is narrowed on the innerside at the 

 base. Stigma narrowly white at the base. Areolet narrowed in 

 front, the nervures almost touching there ; angled behind, where 

 the recurrent nervure is received beyond the middle. 



