300 Albany Mufieum Records. 



the base slightly rounded inwardly, not straight and ol)lique as 

 in niter rupta ; the occiput is more broadly, distinctly rounded 

 than it is in the latter, which has the centre more distinctly 

 transverse ; the incision in the apical abdominal segment is 

 shorter, and the yellow line on the 1st abdominal segment is not 

 dilated in the middle. 



Plesia reticulata, sp. nov. 



Black, the palpi fuscous ; the wings hyaline, the nervures 

 and stigma black ; the entire body and legs densely covered 

 with white pubescence. Male. 



Lerigth 11 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Face, clypeus and eye incision densely covered with long 

 hair. Front closely, regularly, reticulated ; the vertex more 

 shining, strongly, irregularly, but not closely punctured, more 

 coarsely along the orbits than in the centre ; the temples strongly 

 rugosely punctured and thickly covered with long white hair. 

 Base of pronotum strongly and closely, the apex sparsely punctured. 

 Middle lobe of mesonotum distinctly punctured, the lateral more 

 strongly and closely punctured ; the furrows wide, shallow, 

 punctured. Base of scutellum sparsely, the apex closely rugosely 

 punctured ; the basal furrow distinct, deep. Post-scutellum 

 closely, rugosely punctured. Base of metanotum broadly raised, 

 irregularly, somewhat strongly reticulated, the sides and apical 

 slope closely rugosely punctured, almost reticulated. Pi*opleurae 

 finely, irregularly punctured ; before the apex with some irregular 

 strige. Mesopleurse strongly, closely punctured. Metapleura^ 

 broadly, deeply depressed at the base, shining and bearing some 

 irregular keels ; the rest irregularly, obliquely, striate-punctured. 

 First abdominal segment elongate-pyriform with a distinctly 

 narrowed pedicle at the base, this being irregularly, strongly 

 striated ; the rest of the abdomen shining, minutely closely 

 punctured, the punctuation towards the penultimate somewhat 

 stronger; the apical is more strongly, ii-regularly punctured ; the 

 centre of the apical half is smooth, and becomes narrowed towards 

 the apex ; the sides depressed, the depression forming, with the 



