248 Albany Museum Records. 



the transverse basal. Transverse median nervure in hind wings 

 broken far below the middle. Basal .3 segments of abdomen 

 closely, strongly, longitudinally striated ; their centre with a trans- 

 verse, broad fnrrdw, the second having at the base, on the sides, a 

 transvei'se one ; the fnrrow on the 2nd segment is deeper and 

 more clearly defined than it is on the other two. Ovipositor pi-o- 

 jecting, short. Median segment with one transverse furrow : the 

 spiracles small, round. Eyes large, parallel, not converging. 

 Malar space moderate. Hind ocelli separated from the eyes by a 

 less distance than they are from each other. Parapsidal furrows 

 shallow, wide, not extending much beyond the middle. Antennae 

 25-jointed, the basal 2 joints of fiagellum equal in length. Face 

 separated from the clypeus. densely covered with longish, white 

 pubescence. 



The absence of arese on the median segment separates this 

 genus from the normal Hemitelini ; but there is one genus without 

 area? in the group. Its neuration is similar to Lienella here 

 described ; but the form of the abdomen, with its deep transverse 

 furrows and the strongly striated basal segments of the abdomen 

 separates it from all known Cryptina. The form of the abdomen 

 reminds one strongly of the Bi-aconid genus IphiauJax. 



Oaenoaulax striatus, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax rufous, the abdomen of a darker rufous 

 colour, the apical 3 segments white. Legs black : tha apex of the 

 fore femora, tibiae and tarsi testaceous, a white band near the base 

 of the hind tibiae. Wings clear hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 black. Female. 



Length 6, terebra 1 mm. 



Grahamstown. 



Thickly covered with white pubescence. Vertex and upper 

 part of front coarsely, rugosely punctured : the lower part of 

 front striated -. the vertex behind the ocelli on the sides strongly 

 obliquely striated. Mandibles rufous, black at the apex. Palpi 

 long and yellow. Mesonotum strongly transversely striated ; the 

 f uirows wide, crenulated ; there is a narrow furrow on the middle 

 lobe. Scutellum raised, rounded, rugosely punctured, the sides 



