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  Prodotrupoidea. 
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  states 
  that 
  the 
  female 
  antennae 
  are 
  filiform, 
  but 
  he 
  mis- 
  

   took 
  the 
  sexes 
  ; 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  female 
  of 
  carinafa 
  Cameron 
  

   which 
  has 
  typical 
  clubbed 
  antennae. 
  The 
  three 
  species 
  

   nigricornis 
  Cameron, 
  carinafa 
  Cameron, 
  and 
  slriolata 
  

   Cameron, 
  all 
  fall 
  into 
  Ho-ploteleia. 
  

  

  Hoploteleia 
  africana, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black, 
  the 
  antennae 
  concolorous, 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  joints 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  brownish 
  ; 
  coxae 
  bhiciv, 
  femora 
  dusky-black, 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  tarsi 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  subquadrate 
  ; 
  finely 
  reticulate 
  or 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  vertex 
  also 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  striae 
  or 
  carinae; 
  with 
  wliite 
  

   pubescence; 
  frons 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  deep 
  margined 
  depression 
  wliich 
  

   has 
  fine 
  cross-striae 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  large, 
  well 
  separated. 
  

   Antennae 
  12-jointed; 
  scape 
  slender 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  

   its 
  greatest 
  width 
  ; 
  funicle 
  1 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  p'edicel, 
  2-4 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  1 
  ; 
  club 
  6-jointed, 
  joint 
  2 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  largest. 
  Mesothorax 
  

   pubescent; 
  scutum 
  with 
  three 
  well-defined 
  furrows, 
  shagreened; 
  

   scutellum 
  coarsely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  with 
  two 
  sharp 
  teeth 
  

   close 
  together. 
  Fore-wings 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  

   venation 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  submarginal 
  vein 
  attaining 
  costa 
  at 
  fully 
  half- 
  

   wing 
  length 
  ; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  short, 
  the 
  stigmal 
  moderately 
  long 
  and 
  

   oblique 
  ; 
  i^ostmarginal 
  over 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stigmal. 
  Abdomen 
  

   rather 
  stout, 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  ; 
  pointed 
  and 
  

   with 
  two 
  stout 
  spines 
  at 
  apex; 
  segments 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  the 
  third 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  two 
  united; 
  segments 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  striate, 
  

   3 
  and 
  4 
  finely 
  longitutUnally 
  rugose. 
  Length, 
  V15 
  mm. 
  

  

  (^. 
  Legs, 
  QXGQ\A 
  coxae, 
  golden 
  -yellow; 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  

   in 
  that 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  very 
  httle 
  

   pubescence 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  sculi^ture 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   is 
  rather 
  coarser. 
  Pecficel 
  short 
  and 
  stout, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  filiform, 
  

   joint 
  1 
  a 
  little 
  the 
  longest, 
  3 
  slightly 
  excised. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  pair 
  labelled 
  " 
  Durban, 
  Natal 
  ; 
  

   F. 
  Muir." 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  cotype 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  African 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  The 
  male 
  

   may 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  another 
  species, 
  the 
  differences 
  possibly 
  

   being 
  more 
  than 
  sexual. 
  

  

  Hoploteleia 
  orthopterae, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black 
  ; 
  legs 
  bright 
  reddish-yellow, 
  the 
  coxae 
  black 
  ; 
  antennal 
  

   scape 
  bright 
  reddish-yellow, 
  next 
  six 
  joints 
  dusky-yellow, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  five 
  black 
  ; 
  tegulae 
  yellow. 
  

  

  