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a keel ; the 2 keels converge above, but do not meet, the central 

 part not being bounded by them. Tarsi pilose and spinose 

 beneath ; the apices of the joints with longer spines ; the calcaria 

 are short, about one-fourth of the length of the metatarsus. 



Behind the middle of the mandibles there seems to be a 

 minute incision or depression, the part behind projecting slightly. 

 The areola is the only defined area on the median segment. 



Zonocryptu^ funiipennis, sp. nov. 



Black, the legs (except the coxte and trochanters which are 

 bkck, and the 2nd, 3rd and J:th joints of the hind tarsi, which are 

 white) and the abdomen red ; the flagellum of antennae fuscous 

 below ; the upper edge of the mandibles to the teeth lined with 

 yellow ; the wings smoky, highly iridescent, the nervures black, 

 the stigma dark fuscous. 



Length 8-9 mm. Male. 



Grahamstown. Misses Daly and Sole: 



Face and upper part of clypeus closely, distinctly punctured, 

 and thickly covered with white pubescence ; the rest of the clypeus 

 shining, bare, sparsely, minutely punctured ; the space at the sides 

 of the ocelli strongly, obliquely striated, the upper part of the 

 front irregularly, transversely striated ; on both parts the striae are 

 distinct and clearly separated, and do not reach to the eyes, the 

 orbits being smooth. Punctuation on mesonotum close moderately 

 strong, the furrows striated. Scutellum roundly convex, the 

 basal part less closely punctured than the mesonotum, the apex 

 more rngosely punctured, the sides keeled to near the apex. Post- 

 scutellum smooth and shining. Median segment closely rugosely 

 punctured, the punctures running into reticulations in places ; the 

 spiracles slightly more than twice longer than wide, elongated 

 oval ; there is only one transverse keel distinctly indicated; the 

 second is only weakly indicated at the sides on the outer edge, 

 where it is dilated into a tubercle. Abdominal petiole long and 

 slender, not dilated at the apex, but distinctly tuberculate at the 

 spiracles ; the other segments are slender and smooth. The pleurae 

 are more rugosely punctured than the mesonotum ; the punctures 



