25G Albany Musrum Rpcords. 



an oblique slope, the apex in the centre produced into a conical 

 protuberance ; the basal slope is longer than the apex, straight, 

 oblique ; the apical slope is oblique and much steeper and shorter ; 

 it is sparsely punctured ; the base deeply furrowed to near the 

 middle in the centi'e ; the apical protuberance is smooth and 

 black above : on the sides below are some curved furrows. 

 Mesonotum sparsely, deeply punctured ; the scutellum almost 

 impunctate. Metanotum closely, transversely striated ; the sides 

 at the apex project into long, sharply-pointed teeth, which are 

 about one-half longer than the base, and obliquely pointed ; the 

 4 outer keels are parallel and separated I)y the same width from 

 the base to the apex ; the 2nd does not reach much beyond the 

 middle. Propleurae sparsely and weakly punctured and with a 

 striated band below; the meso- much more strongly and uniformly 

 punctured : the meta- irregularly^ reticulated above, the apex 

 l^elow with ;") stout curved keels. The apical slope is stoutly 

 reticiilated all over : it has a steep slope. Apex of 1st abdominal 

 segment large, fully two-thirds of the length of the 2nd which is 

 as long as the 1st with the narrowed basal part ; they are smooth, 

 impunctate. Base of 2nd ventral segment broadly rounded at the 

 Imse. The 1st joint of flagellum almost twice the length of the 

 2nd. Penultimate joint of tarsi half the length of the 3rd and 

 last. 



In Kohl's arrangement this species would come in near 

 A. laztdina, Kohl and A. spf^ctabilis, Kohl. 



Ampulex africana, sp. no v. 



Dark green, the lower part of the vertex, front and the pleurae 

 dark blue, the antennae and mandibles black ; .legs dark blue, 

 mixed with green, the tibiae in front and the tarsi black, wings 

 hyaline, the radial cellule, the 2nd cubital and a cloud beyond it 

 light fuscous ; the 2nd abscissa of radius slightly longer than the 

 1st transverse cubital ; the 2nd cubital cellule slightly narrower 

 in front than behind ; the 3rd transverse cubital nervure received 

 at a distance from the apex of the radius — the length of the tj"ans- 

 verse cubital nervures ; the 2nd recurrent nervure received near 

 the apex of the basal third of the cellule. Metanotal spines short, 

 conical. Male. 



