tli& x^.piclse in the British Museum. 457 



margin ; hind femora subtubercu- 



late. Length 10 mm dalyana, Cam. (Cape 



Colony ; Willowmore (Brauns) ; Transvaal 



(C/iolmelei/).) 



21. (20) Tergites evenly punctured all over; a 



distinct tooth on outer surface of 



hind femora. Length 8 mm ru/tpes. Smith.. (Gam- 



22. (19) Mesonotum densely clothed with [bia, t.) 



velvety pubescence ; legs yellow 

 and black. 



23. (24) Hind femora armed with three sharp 



teeth below. Length 9 mm tru!entata,Smith. = c)'u- 



delis, Westw. (West Africa, t., N. Nigeria {Scott- 

 Macjie, Simpson) ; Mashonaland {G. A. K. Mar- 

 shall).) 



24. (23) Hind femora with only one sharp 



tooth. Length II mm. 



25. (26) Abdominal fascife griseous ; wings 



fuscous at apex jansei, Cam. (Trans- 



26. (25) Abdominal fasciae golden ; wings [vaal, t.) 



hyaline to apex armntida (Smith). (Si- 

 erra Leone, t., N. Nigeria (Simpson).) 



Noniia [Meganomia] andersom, sp. n. 



cJ . Nigra ; facie prothoraceque flavo-maculatis, plus minusve 

 griseo-hirsutis, tergitibus 1-7 fasciis iuterruptis flavis ; flagello 

 serrate ; femoribus posticis incrassatis ; alls hyalinis. 



Long. 18 mm. 



Head and thorax black ; mandibles (except apex), clypeiis, 

 tiie inner orbits to above insertion of antennae, a small line 

 behind each eye, scape beneath, four marks on prothorax 



in front \)\y^, tubercles, tegulse in front, and axillee 



yellow ; mandibles at apex, flagellum beneath, and tegula3 

 behind ferruginous. Abdomen : tergites 1-7 black, with 

 yellow fascia3 widely interrupted in middle and widening 

 abruptly towards the sides ; sternites 1-3 yellow except for 

 three pairs of black spots, the remaining sternites black. 

 Legs : anterior coxse, tiochanters, and femora mostly black ; 

 libiaj and tarsi yellow, the tarsi with a conspicuous fringe of 

 black hairs on the inner side ; middle legs yellow ; posterior 

 legs about equally black and yellow, the tarsi almost entirely 

 black. Clypeus apically truncate, with a narrow, median, 

 quadrate tooth ; joints 4-10 of flagellum subtuberculate 

 beneath, the three terminal joints slender, forming a hook. 

 Hind femora greatly thickened, a distinct carina along the 

 inner side ; hind tibiae more or less flattened, convex, 

 widening gradually towards apex, the upper margin carinate, 

 the apex with a blunt lamellate tubercle on the lower edge ; 



