732 Mr. Rowland E. Turner on neio 



the apex. Head a little broader tlian long, rounded at the angles, 

 smooth and shining, with a distinct frontal sulcus and a few large 

 punctures near the eyes ; the tubercles at the base of the antennae 

 moderately developed, the third joint of the flagellum very little 

 longer than the .second. Thorax smooth and shining, the pronotum 

 nearly twice as broad as long, rather closely punctured on the 

 anterior margin, pleurae sparsely punctured. Median segment 

 shining, sparsely and finely punctured, with a shallow median sulcus, 

 the sides of the segment shining and microscopically striated. 

 Abdomen shining, with a few minute punctures. Wings a little 

 longer than the head, thorax and median segment combined ; second 

 cubital cell very small, only half as high as its petiole, stigma 

 situated just before the middle of the costa. 



Hob. Cape Colony, Port Elisabeth {Dr. Brauns), 

 March. 



Near M. umhratica, Turn., but differs in the reduced 

 size of the second cubital cell, in the colour of the 

 pubescence, in the distinct frontal sulcus, and in the 

 different sculpture of the pronotum and median segment. 



Mijzine quadrata, sp. n. 



5 . Nigra, nitida, nigro-pilosa ; capite, prothorace tegulisque rufis ; 

 segmentis abdoininalibus 2-4 macula laterali utrinque albida ; 

 pedibus fuscis, tarsis rufo-testaceis ; alis fusco-hyalinis ; venis nigris, 

 basi fusco-testaceis. 



Long. 10 mm. 



5. Mandibles without teeth ; head subquadrate, slightly rounded 

 at the posterior angles, a little broader than long, smooth and shining, 

 the posterior ocelli as far from the posterior margin of the head as 

 from each other, the tubercles at the base of the antennae moderately 

 developed, the third joint of the flagellum scarcely longer than the 

 second. Thorax very sparsely punctured, the pronotum a little 

 broader than long, pleurae sparsely punctured ; median segment 

 smooth and shining, longer than the scutellum and postscutellum 

 combined, obliquely sloped posteriorly, the dorsal surface with a 

 well-marked median sulcus, the surface of the posterior slope sub- 

 opaque and not quite smooth, a few very fine and indistinct striae 

 on the sides of the segment. Abdomen smooth and shining. 

 Second cubital cell present, the stigma situated a little before the 

 middle of the costa, the forewing about as long as the head, thorax 

 and median segment combined. 



Hob. Cape Colony, Willowmore {Dr. Brauns), January. 



