Mr. Rowland E. Turner’s Notes on the Scoliidae. 393 
closely and rather coarsely punctured, the middle of the scutelluni 
narrowly smooth and shining. Antennae very stout, the first joint 
of the flagellum half as long as the second, the third distinctly 
longer than the second, the scape short and coarsely punctured ; the 
front between the antennae densely clothed with long cinereous-grey 
pubescence, which is also sparsely distributed over the whole of the 
head and thorax. Pronotum much shorter than the mesonotum, very 
slightly narrowed anteriorly, the anterior margin almost transverse. 
Abdomen rather slender, shining, finely and shallowly punctured 
with a short petiole which is about equal in length to the fourth 
joint of the posterior tarsi, the first segment beyond the petiole 
swollen and globular, broader than long. Apical segment more 
sparsely punctured, the emargination for the aculeus rather shallow, 
broader at the apex than deep, the surface of the segment, before the 
emargination, not flattened or depressed. Aculeus long and slender, 
strongly recurved. Basal joint of the posterior tarsi about three- 
quarters of the length of the tibia. Second abscissa of the radius more 
than half as long again as the third, first recurrent nervure received 
at two-thirds from the base of the second cubital cell, second before 
one-sixth from the base of the third cubital cell. 
Black ; mandibles, anterior margin of the clypeus, margins of the 
pronotum, tegulae, a narrow transverse band at the apex of the first 
dorsal segment of the abdomen, a transverse spot on the middle of 
the apical margin of segments 2-6, with a smaller transverse spot on 
each side, and similar, but much smaller marks on ventral segments 
2-5 pale yellow ; first dorsal segment, except the petiole and the 
yellow apical band, ferruginous red ; legs dull ferruginous. Length 
15 mm. 
Hah. Cape Colony {DNge). 
Type in Berlin Museum. 
I think that I am right in placing this species in Myzine 
rather than in Plesia, the males of the two genera are 
however not always to be distinguished with certainty. 
The group of South African species characterised by an 
elongate basal segment of the abdomen and the absence of 
an emargination of the apical dorsal segment are certainly 
males of Plesia. I suspect however that some species show¬ 
ing neither of these characters, but of a rather slender form, 
and with a long pronotum narrowed anteriorly, may also 
prove to have females of the Plesia type of neuration. 
The present species is easily distinguished by the red 
colour of the first dorsal segment, but unless there is some 
marked point of distinction it is better to leave the males 
