Sjtecies o/ I* a\iiinA from S. Africa. Gj.j 



Palarus turner/', ? , in., S[>. n. 



T>/p< • 9 . Niger, clypeo, macula mandibularum, macula faciei in- 

 ferioris, maculis duaUus obliijuis supra antennas, tcgulis, margine 

 pronoti supcrioro, macula magna mesopleurarura, scutclli parte 

 postcrioro, metanoto tuto, fasciis latis tcrgitorum 1-3, tergitis 

 4-0 totis eburneis. Pedes, coxis ct trochanteribus inclusis, feri-u- 

 giuei, subtus albicantes. Tergita nee constricta. Oculi in 

 vertice duplo longitudinc pedicelli antcnnarum distantes. Py- 

 gidium acutum, area pygidialis irregulariter longitudinaliter 

 rugosa, Metauoti medium leniter incisum. 



Long. 10 mm. 



? . — Clypeus smooth, shining, broadly rounded at apex. 

 Interantemial space not carinate, front witli a fine smooth 

 line not quite reaching the anterior ocellus. Vertex between 

 tlie eyes finely longitudinally raised. Mandibles acuminate, 

 simple. Antennae thickened towards the apex. Eyes sepa- 

 rated at the vertex by a distance about equal to double the 

 length of the pediceUus of the antennge. Face dull, not 

 shining, minutely punctured. Mesonotum shining, disc 

 sparsely, margins densely and finely punctured ; scutellum 

 shining, with scattered punctures. Metanotam smooth, in 

 the mitldle distinctly incised. Area cordata deepened, in the 

 niiddle finely shagreened, dull. First torgite concave in the 

 middle, edges of the concavity rounded, smooth. Tergites 

 minutely and densely punctured. Pygidial segment long, 

 pointed, the sides carinate, the pygidial area longitudinally 

 rugulose, dull. Space between the area and the sides of the 

 segment smooth above, diagonally rugose towards the apex. 

 Pubescence much sparser than in P. handdrschi. 



Radial cell triangular at apex, with hardly any trace of 

 appendix. Second cubital cell sessile, triangular, recurrent 

 nervures not quite interstitial, ne;'.r to the apex. 



Black, with the markings as stated in the diagnosis. The 

 ivory-coloured bands cover the greatest part of the upper 

 side of the abdomen. Only the base of the first tergite is 

 black ; the pale bands of the second and third tergites 

 are broad, and leave only small margins of the segments 

 ferruginous. Fourth and fifth tergites are nearly covered 

 by the bands. The pygidial area and the sides and apex of 

 the pygidial segment as well as the venter are ferruginous. 

 Scapulas brown. 



This species is of the same habitus as P. handlirschi, but 

 broader and thicker. It has all the characteristics of the 

 group. The different distance of the eyes at the vertex 

 separates it sufficiently from P. handlirschi. 



