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Mr. U. K. Tiinii'i' on Fi'ssoridl ]Ii/)iu'iioplt<ya. 



Philantlius striyulusus, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; clypeo, facie, macula cmvata infer iintcnnas, fascia 

 transversa frontali, orbitis externis anguste tegulisque flavis ; 

 tergitis prinio macula magna utrinque,secundo, apico excopto, 

 tertioiiue lateribus fulvo-ferrugiiieis; tergitis (juarto (juiiitoque 

 lateribus anguste, sternitis 2-5, basi nigris, fomoribus posticis 

 apicc, anticis intermediisquo fere totis, tibiis taraisquo tlavo- 

 testnceis ; alis flavo-hyalinis, apicc leviter infuscatis, vcnis 

 fulvis. 



<S . Femina^ sirailis ; fascia frontali latissinia ; tergito quarto otiani 

 fulvo-ferrugineo, apico iu medio iiigro, sexto lateribus tlavo- 

 maciilato. 



Long., $ 18 mm., S 17 mm. 



$ . Clypens broadly rounded anteriorly, sparsely aiid 

 sliallowly punctured ; front l)etweeu the antennfe convex, 

 very tinely and closely punctured, the front above the 

 antennaj very finely and closely lonjjitudinally striated, 

 ])unciured between the striae ; vertex shining, coarsely, but 

 not closely punctured ; ocelli in a broad triangle, the 

 j)()><terior pair a little further from the eyes than from ca'-ii 

 other ; pubescence dark fulvous on the front, black on the 

 vertex and thorax ; second joint of the flagellum as long as 

 the third and fourtli combined, each of the two latter a 

 little longer than broad. Pronotuin closely punctured ; 

 mesonotum closely and strongly punctured anteriorly, much 

 more sparsely in the middle and at the apex ; scutellum 

 shining, coarsely but sparsely punctured ; postscutellum 

 more closely punctured. Triangular area of the median 

 segment very coarsely obliquely striate-rugose, margined by 

 a very broad smooth and shining space; the sides and apex 

 of the segment very closely, but not coarsely, punctured 

 I'ugulose. Tergites rather s|)arsely punctured; the sixth 

 tergite very delicately longitudinally striolate towards the 

 apex; steruites Avith very sparse large punctures. ]3asal 

 j(jint of the fore tarsi with eight spines on the outer margin. 

 Cubitus of the hind wing originating a little beyond the 

 transverse median nervure. 



(J . Clypeus, face, vertex, mesonotum, and scutellum much 

 more closely punctured tlian in the female. A bunch of 

 long black hairs springing from just above the base of the 

 mandibles on each side and reaching more than halfway to 

 the middle of the margin of the clypeus. 'I'he two basal 

 tergites more closely punctured than the others; seventh 

 tergite coarsely but sparsely punctured. 



Huh. Near Johannesburg, Transvaal (^A. J. Cholmley)\ 



