780 Mr. Rowland E. Turner on new 



dense punctato; pygidio tenuiter punctato-striato ; tibiis tarsisque 

 anticis fusco-ferrugineis. 

 Long. 16 mm. 



9 . Mandibles stout, simple, without teeth. Head subrectangular, 

 about half as broad again as long, shining and almost smooth, the 

 clypeus and the space between the eyes and the base of the antennae 

 closely punctured ; the prominences above the base of the antennae 

 well developed, a short, shallow, longitudinal sulcus on the front. 

 Pronotum more than half as long again as broad, smooth and 

 shining, the pleurae sparsely punctured; mesonotum and scutellum 

 smooth and shining; median segment coarsely and closely punctured, 

 with a short carina from the base, the posterior slope almost smooth 

 in the middle. Petiole as long as the penultimate joint of the 

 posterior tarsi ; abdomen smooth and shining, the apical dorsal 

 segment finely longitudinally punctured striate. The neuration is 

 not quite as in normal Myzine, the usual petiolate second cubital 

 cell being absent, owing to the loss of the second transverse cubital 

 nervure. Beyond the stigma the forewing is brightly glossed with 

 blue ; the base of the forewing and the hindwing are more feebly 

 glossed with purple. 



Rah. Orange Free State, Bothaville (Dr. Brauns), 

 January. 



Myzine muUijpicta, sp. n. 



9 . Nigra, nitida, nigro-pubescens ; pronoto, mesonoto, propleu- 

 risque rufo-ferrugineis ; segmentis dorsalibus 2-5 macula magna 

 transversa utrinque, segmentis primo quintoque macula parva 

 laterali utrinque albido-flavis ; alis fusco-hyalinis, venis nigris.j 



Long. 12 mm. 



9 . Mandibles stout, without teeth ; clypeus transverse at the apex. 

 Interantennal prominence well developed and strongly bilobed ; 

 antennae not very stout, the third joint of the flagellum distinctly 

 longer than the second, the first concealed. Head subrectangular, dis- 

 tinctly broader than long, smooth and shining, the cheeks as broad as 

 the eyes, ocelli in a wide triangle, the posterior pair at least as far from 

 the posterior margin of the head as from each other. Thorax smooth, 

 a few large punctures on the scutellum and pleurae ; pronotum twice 

 as broad as long, narrower than the head. Median segment smooth 

 and shining, steeply sloped posteriorly, with a sulcus from the base 

 to the apex, the sides and extreme apex of the segment striated. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, with a few scattered punctures on 

 the ventral surface ; apical dorsal segment broadly rounded. Wings 

 large, reaching to the fifth dorsal segment, the costa of the forewing 



