250 Albany Museum Records. 



rngosely puiictiirecl, more or less striated and reticulated. Post- 

 petiole covered with elongated pvmctiires which run into striae in 

 the centre ; the sides irregularly r:^ticulated. The abdominal 

 segments 2-5 closely punctured. Areolet small, square. Hind 

 coxse closely, rugosely punctured. 



Mesosteniis tHiDieficus, sp. uov. 



Rufous, the abdomen darker colouretl, the fourth and follow- 

 ing segments white, flagellum of antenna) black, a band of four 

 white joints in the middle. Legs black, more or less brownish in 

 front, the fofe tibiae white anteriorlj^ spurs white, wings hyaline, 

 the nervures and stigma black. Female. 

 Length 9 mm. ; terebra 2 mm. 



Head closely, rugosely punctured ; the front depressed in the 

 centre, strongly, closely transversely striateil ; the sides smooth ; 

 clypeus more shining and more sparsely punctured. Basal half of 

 mandibles reddish yellow. Mesonotum closely strongly trans- 

 versely striated ; the centre at the apex. Metanotal area not very 

 distinctly defined ; basal transverse keel distinct, the apical 

 indistinct, especially laterally, the part behind the keel closely 

 rugose ; the apical part more coarsely, rugosely reticulated. Pro- 

 pleurse rvigosely punctured above, the rest rather strongly, but not 

 closely obliquely striated. Mesopleura3 closely rugose, the base 

 coarsely irregularly obliquely striated. Metapleurae coarsely, 

 irregularly, obliquely striated. Post petiole coarsely longitudin- 

 ally punctured, the sides more coarsely than the centre. The 

 second and third segments are closely strongly punctured. The 

 under side of the thorax is black. 



The type of colouration of this species is common in South 

 Africa in the Cr/jijtiiue and Pimpluue. It is very similar to M. 

 O'Neili, Cam., but that species has not the mesonotum or any part 

 of the thorax striated ; and its ovipositor too is much longer. 



Nototraclms Jiavomaculatus, sp. nov. 



Kufo-testaceous, the face, clypeus, mandibles, except the 

 teeth, palpi, orbits, prothorax, except near the apex of the pro- 

 pleurae, 2 lines on mesonotum, dilated on the outerside at the 



