242 Alhany Museinn Records. 



Length 8 mm. 



Grabamstown. Misses Daly and Sole. 



Temples long, not narrowed, longer than the fore part of the 

 head from the end of the eyes ; the occiput transverse. Antennal 

 scape about 2^ times longer than wide, its apex below projecting 

 into a stout, oblique tooth ; the 2nd joint roundly, broadly pro- 

 jecting l)elow. Mandibles testaceous, their apex black. Mesonotum 

 flat, depressed : the scutellum also depressed. The raised central 

 part of the 1st abdominal segment raised, striated, the sides flat, 

 smooth, wider than it. The 2nd-5th segments closely, longitudi- 

 nally striated ; there is no central area or keel on the 2nd segment: 

 the central part is triangular ; the sides depressed, smooth : the 

 latei-al furrows straight, oblique ; on the 3rd segment the lateral 

 furrows are roundly curved, on the 4th short, slightly curved. 

 Legs covered closely with long hai)' ; the tarsi more thickly with 

 shorter and darker hair : the -apices of theii- joints spinose : the 

 fore tai-si long, their basal two joints together as long as the tibitB. 



As in /. spilopus here described, the temples in this species 

 are longer than usual, and not narrowed behind the eyes. The 

 whole of the upper part of the thorax is very flat, except that the 

 mesonotum is slightly raised at the base ; the parts behind this 

 are flat, and on one level. The pedicle of the antennae is stouter 

 and projects downwards more than usual. 



The species may belong to Odontoscapiis, Grib. which was 

 described very briefly from East Africa. 



Meteorus frilineatiis, sp. nov. 



Rufo- testaceous, the ocellar region, 3 broad lines on the mesono- 

 tum (the anterior almost divided in two), the base of the 

 metanotum, the middle broadly in the centre, the mesopleurae 

 narrowly above, the meta- more largely at the base, the greater 

 part of the 1st abdominal segment and the 2nd in the middle at 

 the base, black. Antennas fuscous black. Wings clear hyaline, 

 the nervures and stigma pallid testaceous. Female. 



Length 4 mm., terebra 1 mm. 



Grahamstown. May. Misses Daly and Sole. 



