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Smooth or finely and evenly punctured ; 

 abdomen more or less red, without 

 white marks ; slender, length about 

 7 mm 2. 



2. Finely and evenly punctured ; ferru- 



ginous, head and abdominal seg- 

 ments 3-5 black JB. perpunctata. Turn. 



Almost entirely smooth and shining . 3. 



3. Head red ; pronotum as broad as long . B. quadraticeps. Turn. 

 Head black; pronotum longer than 



broad B. atriceps, Turn. 



Braunsomeria perpunctata, sp. n. 



$ . Aptera, punctata, ferruginea ; capite fusco-ferrugineo ; seg- 

 mentis dorsalibus 3-5 nigris. 



Long. 7 mm. 



$ . Head rectangular, a little broader than long, almost flat ; 

 mandibles not narrowed to the apex, bidentate at the apex, the 

 teeth of about equal size, the inner tooth bent abruptly inwards. 

 Antennae scarcely longer than the head, inserted close together, the 

 tubercles above the base of the antennae well developed and distinctly 

 separated. Eyes almost round and rather flat ; ocelli absent, their 

 position indicated by large punctures. Head, thorax and abdomen 

 closely and rather finely punctured, most finely on the abdomen. 

 Pronotum narrower than the head, longer than broad ; tegulae 

 absent ; scutellura short, broadly rounded at the apex ; median 

 segment a little shorter and narrower than the pronotum, obliquely 

 sloped posteriorly. Petiole about as long as the first joint of the 

 posterior tarsi, first abdominal segment broadly rounded at the base 

 beyond the petiole ; second and third dorsal segments no longer 

 than the others and slightly constricted at the base, sixth dorsal 

 segment smooth and shining at the apex and in the middle, broadly 

 rounded at the apex. Ventral surface shining, very sparsely and 

 finely punctured. 



JTab. Cape Colony, Willowmore (Dr. Brauns). 

 Easily distinguished from B. quaclraticcps and atriceps 

 by the close and even puncturation. 



Braunsomeria mutilloides, sp, n. 



$ . Nigra ; thorace segmentoque mediano ferrugineis ; tarsis 

 testaceis ; mandibulis flagelloque fusco-ferrugineis ; segmento dorsali 

 secundo maculis tribus magnis apicalibus ; quarto fascia lata 



