th,e genus Odynerus occurring in the Ethiopian Region. 499 



partim, postscutello, scgmento mediano lateribus, segmentis 

 abdominis 1-2 fasciis apicalibiis, luteis. Mandibulis apice, an^ 

 tennis infra, tegulisque plerumque ferrugineis. SegmentO primcy 

 Carinis duabus transversis. Capite (vertice excepto), thorace 

 antice, pleurisque sat crebre rugoseque punctatis ; thorace postice 

 abdoniincque vix punctatis. Segmento mediano lateribus acutis. 

 Alis subhyaliiiis, cellula radiali fusca. Long. 8 mm. 



Black, somewhat shining, densely clothed with a very short fine 

 pubescence, for the most part golden, but cinereous on metapleura 

 and sternite 2. Yellow markings as above, with following addition : 

 Coxae, femora and tibiae beneath yellow ; anterior tarsi ferruginous. 



Clypeus pyriform, apically bidentate. 



The head with the exception of the vertex and the prothorax 

 and mesonotum anteriorly rather coarsely punctured; the vertex 

 and rest of the thorax almost impunctate. Propleura bordered 

 anteriorly by a conspicuous carina, anotlier carina is situated on 

 the mesopleura ; lateral angles of the median segment forming two 

 sharp keels; the intervening space trans-striate. Abdomen with 

 fine, scattered punctures. Tlie first segment of abdomen with two 

 conspicuous transverse carinae, the intervening space impunctate. 



Length 8 mm. 1 $. 



Uganda Protectorate : Budongo Forest, Unyoro, 

 3400 ft., xii. 1911 {S. A. Neave). Closely allied to 0. {A.) 

 massaicus. Cam., described from Kilimanjaro. The species 

 comes in Saussure's Division Epancistrocerus. 



0. (Ancistrocerus) lufirae, sp. n. 



9. Niger, punctatus; scapo infra, clypeo basi, macula frontali, 

 macula post oculos, duabus maculis marginc antico pronoti, seg- 

 mentis abdominis 1-4 fasciis apicalibus, tibiisque plerumque luteis. 

 Antennarum flagello, mandibulis, clypeo apice obscure, tegulis, 

 tarsisque ferrugineis. 



Ubique punctatus, capite thoraceque crassissime. Clypeo brevi, 

 apice bidentato. Segmenti mediani lateribus subrotundatis. Alis 

 hyalinis, cellula radiali infuscata. Long. 7 mm. 



Black, coarsely punctured on head and thorax, less coarsely on 

 abdomen. Yellow and ferruginous markings as above, covered 

 with a sparse, pale pubescence. Clypeus as broad as long, slightly 

 convex, narrowly produced towards apex, which is bidentate, the 

 two teeth forming the termination of longitudinal carinae starting 

 in the apical half of the clypeus. Ocelli on a slightly raised area 

 on vertex. Pronotum with lateral angles acute, gradually widening 

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