Hympnoplcra. 301 



raised apex and sides, a broad, punctured furrow. Tlie ;}rd 

 abscissa of the radius is the longest ; the 2nd is slightly longer 

 than the 4th ; the 1st recurrent nervure is I'eceived shortly Ijeyond 

 the middle ; the 2nd near the apex of the basal fourth ; it is 

 straight, slightly oblique, the rest is broadly, roundly curved 

 outwardly ; the 1st transverse cubital nervure is roundly curved. 

 This is a smaller species than P. carhonaria ; an easy method 

 of separating the two is by the form of the 1st transverse cubital 

 and the 2nd recurrent nervure ; in carhonaria the former is 

 straight, sharply oblique and elbowed at the bottom, the edge of 

 the geniculation having on the inner side a short projection ; the 

 i-ecurrent nervure has 3 curves ; a short one in front, almost 

 straight, an oblique curve reaching close to the middle directed 

 outwardly, and the lower and larger part, which is straight and 

 curves slightly towards the base of the wing, the junction of the 

 two forming an angle ; in reticulata the 1st transverse cubital 

 nervure is roundly curved, and not elbowed below ; and the 

 recurrent nervure has only 2 curves ; the short, almost straight 

 one in front and the large, broadly rounded apical one. 



Myzine (Meira) violaceipentiis, sp. nov. 



Black, the front, vertex and temples bright red ; a cream 

 coloured, irregular transverse mark (that on the 3rd the larger) 

 on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments of the abdomen ; the tarsi and 

 anterior tibias in front, rufous ; wings, dark fuscous violaceous, 

 highly iridescent, the posterior lighter in tint than the anterior 

 the nervures and stigma black. Female. 



Length 10 mm. ; breadth 3 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Very smooth and shining ; there are 3 rows of deep punctures 

 along the sides of the scutellum ; the central part of the 

 mesonotum is bounded by two deep oblique furrows which 

 comimence close to the base and reach to the apex ; outside this, 

 near the edge, is a narrower furrow, running from the base to the 

 apex. Base of metanotum smooth in the centre ; it has there a 

 deep, clearly defined furrow, which extends from the base to the 

 top of the apical slope; the rest of the metanotum closely. 



