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Fore wings hyaline except for a small infuscated area beneath the 

 stigma; on the basal third beneath the junction of the submarginal 

 and marginal veins occurs an area of fine, hyaline cilia contrasting 

 with the short coarse dense cilia of the disk. Marginal fringe mod- 

 erately long, 0.0252 mm. Submarginal a trifle longer than the mar- 

 ginal vein, the difference hardly appreciable. Stigmal vein greatly 

 enlarged at apex. 



Scutellum large, slightly wider than long (15:13), about as long 

 as the mesoscutum. Median part of metanotum prominent. Abdo- 

 men longer than wide, pointed at apex. 



Frontovertex with numerous brown, fine, comparatively long 

 setae. Setae of mesoscutum, except the posterior pair, only slightly 

 stronger than the setae on the frontovertex ; the lateral posterior pair 

 much stronger. Each parapsis with three setae, the median one 

 slightly the largest. Each axilla with two strong setae, the poste- 

 rior one the strongest. Scutellum with three pairs of strong, brown- 

 ish setae, the aj^ical pair not much stronger than the median pair. 

 Setae of the fourth tergite not forming a row across the dorsum as 

 usual; six setae in transverse alignment across the sixth tergite; 

 scattered setae on the seventh; sides of second, third, and fourth 

 w^th the lateral setae in irregular transverse alignment. 



Measurements in mm. : Head and body 1.20, Scape 0.16 long. 

 Pedicel 0.0520 long by 0.0352 wide. First funicle joint 0.0704 long 

 by 0.0416 wide ; second 0.0776 long by 0.0416 wide ; third 0.0704 long 

 by 0.0424 wide. First club joint 0.0624 long by 0.0480 wide; second 

 0.0560 long by 0.0464 wide ; third 0.0584 long by 0.0376 wide. 



Male. — Coloration of legs and head somewhat like that of female. 

 Antennae ferrugino-testaceous, the scape pale. Mesoscutum with the 

 anterior half occupied by a V-shaped blackish area. Axillae mostly 

 blackish. Disk of scutellum fusco-testaceous, the lateral and apical 

 margins paler. Propodeum and abdomen black. Parapsides orange 

 with a faint central fuscous blotch. 



Pedicel small, about two-thirds as wide and less than one-half as 

 long as the first funicle joint. Club not differentiated from the 

 funicle, the joints subequal except the apical one which is obviously 

 smaller; sensoria numerous and extending the entire length of the 

 segments. 



Length of head and body 1.20 mm. 



Type.— Q2ii. No, 42089, U,S.N,M. 



Described from seven females, six males (holotype, allotype, and 

 paratypes), collected by E, W, Rust at Signal Hill, Cape Town, 

 South Africa, December, 1924, and January, 1925, and bear- 

 ing. Rust's numbers M-4 and M-5. Questionably parasitic on 

 Baccacoccus sp. 



