}iew Kvaniitlii.' and Bracoiiida'. 273 



? . Siiniliir to M. siynuta^ Ijiit tlie face is shining, not 

 opaque, tlir sculpture ot the termites is more rugose atui less 

 reticulate ; the suture hetween the fused second and third 

 tergites is narrower and less distinct, less strongly arched in 

 the middle, and less distinctly crcnulate ; the cmar;;ination 

 of the fifth tcrgite is shallower, the lohes on each side of it 

 less rounded at the apex. The valvuUe are half as long as 

 the al)domen, hut the terebra in the type is exserted and 

 longer thi.n the abdomen. 



Hah. Ceres, Cape Province, November 1920 (/?. E, 

 Turner) ; 1 $ . 



Subfamily ApHSASTOBRACoyiyM. 



Endovipio, gen. nov. 



Head small ; abdomen almost smooth, rather slender, the 

 second tergite as long as broad, with an elongate triangular 

 raised area at the base ; cubitus of the fore wing straight, 

 not bent at the base as in Aphrastobracon ; nervulus strongly 

 antefurcal. 



Knduvipio ceresensis ^ sp. n. 



J. lliifo-Iiiteus ; imteniii;*, palpis, tarsisque nigris ; alis hyalinis, 



leviter infuscatis, iridescentibus, stigraate venisque brunneis. 

 Long. 3*5-4 mm. 



S . Antennae slender, 31-jointed, a little short.r than the 

 w hole insect. Head smooth and shining on the vertex and 

 front ; face narrow, opaque, finely and very closely punc- 

 tured ; eyes very large. Thorax and median segment smooth 

 and shining ; the notanli shallow and smooth, almost obso- 

 lete ; mesopleural furrows not crcnulate. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining, the second tergite with a raised elongate tri- 

 anguhir basal area, the basal and lateral sides strongly 

 margined; third tergite with a small raised area at the basal 

 angles. Radius originating close to the middle of the 

 stigma and reaching the apex of the wing ; first discoidal 

 (•e!l petiolate ; second abscissa of the radius twice as long 

 as the first, second cubital long and narrow, first transverse 

 cul)ital nervure strongly oblique, secoiul straight and short. 

 Nervulus oblique, antelurcal, separated from the basal 

 nervure by a distance equal to half its own length. 



Ilab. Ceres, Cape Province, Februarv and March 1921 

 (/?. E. Turner) ; 2 J J . 



