Mr. IJ. Vj. I'tiriior oh Fossoiinl I fi/menaptera. 410 



as from each other. Head and thorax strongly iJiuicturcd, 

 the tliorax more deeply and closely than the liead; prouotuni 

 stron<ily rounded. Basal area of tiie median segment 

 coarsely longitudinally striated, the surface of the posterior 

 truncation irregularly obliciuely striated, the angles pro- 

 duced into stout spines. Abdomen strongly Init uot closely 

 pnncturt;il ; second segment scarcely convex beneath, seveiitli 

 dorsal segment broadly truncate at the apex; the apical 

 margin armed with four minute teeth, the lateral margins 

 slightly serrate. Second abscissa of the radius shorter than 

 the ])ctiole of the second cubital cell ; the third cubital cell 

 not reaching nearer the niaigin of the wing than the radial 

 cell, second cubital cell receiving both recurrent nervurcs, 

 the first at one-fifth from the base, the second close tu the 

 apex. Cubitus of the hind wing interstitial with the trans- 

 verse median nervure. 



Hub. Upper Luangwa llivei-, X.l]. Rhodesia ; August 

 191 (,S'. A. Xeace). 



Subfamily CuABRoyiNJU. 



Encopognathus riiyo&upunctutus, sp. n. 



5. Nigra; rugosa ; mandibulis basi, scapo subtus, callis humcra- 

 libiis, tibiis(iue anticis supra pallitle tiavis : abdoraiuc t'errugiiioo, 

 perhicido ; alis subbyaliiiis, veiiis testuceis. 

 Long. 7 mm. 



:^ . ^landiblcs excised on the outer margin; clypeus sliorf, 

 with a median caiina. Eyes strongly convergent towards 

 the cl_\ pens, separated at the nearest point by a distance 

 equal to three-quarters of the length of the scape. Cheeks 

 narrow, a carina running along the ouier margin of the eves 

 and continued on the posterior margin of the head. Ocelli 

 in a wide triangle, the posterior pair further from each 

 other than from the eyes; a deep oval depression between 

 the posterior ocelli and the eyes. Head coarsely rugose- 

 punctate; thorax coarsely rugose; pronotum with a deep 

 transverse groove between the raised margins. Postscu- 

 tellum slightly rounded at the sides, longitudinally striate- 

 rugose, median segment depressed below the level of tlie 

 postscutellum, the well-defined basal area with four longi- 

 tudinal carinse, very short, the posterior slojie stron<ilv 

 maigined and with low, irregular transverse striae, the sides 

 of the segment almost smooth. Abdomen shining, verv 

 minutely punctured, translucent. Neuration as in Kohl's 

 figure of E. braueri. Recurrent nervure received at two- 



