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the first segment broadly transversely depressed on the apical 

 margin, the epipygium very broadly rounded at the apex, 

 coarsely punctured, the punctures confluent longitudinally, 

 the apical margin broadly smooth. The radial cell is entirely 

 open at the apex. The sides of the median segment are 

 obliquely striated. 



Black ; with white pubescence on the legs and the sides 

 of the abdomen ; the mandibles, the apex of the clypeus, 

 the apex of the scape, the first joint of the flagellum, the 

 tegular, the apex of the pygidium, and the spines of the tibia3 

 and tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; the flagellum from the second 

 joint orange. Wings dark fusco-violaceous, the posterior 

 pair paler and without the strong purple gloss ; nervures 

 black. 



Length 14 mm., exp. 23 mm. 



Hob. Damaraland. 



Type in Oxford University Museum, ex coll. Saunders. 



Tipliia monomatapa, sp. n. 



$ . Clypeus finely and closely punctured at the base, the 

 apical margin transverse, broadly smooth and shining. 

 Scape closely and finely punctured, with long fulvous hairs 

 beneath, the first two joints of the flagellum and the apex of 

 the third shining, the remainder of the flagellum opaque and 

 very finely pubescent. Head closely and rather coarsely 

 punctured, more sparsely on the front below the anterior 

 ocellus. Pronotum closely and rather strongly punctured, 

 the posterior margin broadly smooth ; the propleurse punc- 

 tured anteriorly, almost smooth and shining at the margins 

 posteriorly ; the mesopleurae closely and coarsely punctured. 

 Mesonotum very coarsely but sparsely punetured, the 

 scutellum more finely punctured. Median segment slightly 

 convex above, much broader than long, subopaque, ex- 

 ceedingly delicately punctured-striate, the posterior truncation 

 very slightly concave, the margins raised ; the dorsal surface 

 with the usual three longitudinal carina?, the central carina 

 not quite reaching the apex, the two outer carinas twice as 

 far apart at the base as at the apex; the sides of the segment 

 finely obliquely striated. Tegulae very large, finely and 

 closely punctured, smooth at the extreme base and apex. 

 Abdomen rather strongly punctured, most sparsely on the 

 basal segment, most closely on the apical half of segments 

 3-5 ; the pygidium longitudinally rugose, the apex very 

 broadly finely punctured, with an obscure median carina. 

 Two cubital cells, the division of the first faintly indicated on 

 the radial nervure, the stigma very small. 



