by T. D. A. Cockerell. 301 
Lo 
Tibiz mainly black on outer side; where not black, dull 
FOCRUCMNOUSE 25/5205 .6c<0ea sane tones D. spilotum, sp. nov. 6. 
iibieevetlow: On Outer Sides. va sasds se Menccetacecedc eee see euthe 3} 
3. Clypeus broader than high....... H. cordatum (Sm.) ¢, 9. 
@iypeus-proher than® broadhzaes ease seye fsa nods ese. sau 4. 
4. Larger; scutellum entirely black...H. compactum (Sm.) @. 
Smaller; scutellum: with much yellow: 2.00% 3.05: .cc-s.-e0ecs- +s 
Spot cs tn ee ahs os Weer 5 See a ea H. angustifrons, sp. nov. 6. 
When treating of Hypanthidiwm, the following specimens were 
overlooked : 
H. compactum (Sm.) Males from Durban, 22nd September, 1918 
(C. N. Barker), and Umbilo, 25th March, 1917 (LL. Bevis). The 
male runs to the same place in the table as the female. 
H. angustifrons, Ckll. Male from Umbilo, 14th February, 1917 
(L. Bevis). The thoraic and abdominal markings are reddened by 
cyanide. The front legs are extended, showing well the extremely 
long fringe of white hair on anterior tarsi posteriorly. 
STRANDIELLA, Friese. 
STRANDIELLA PALLIDIPENNIS, Sp. nov. 
3d. (Type). Length about 8 mm.; slender, black, mesothorax 
and abdomen polished and shining ; head thick, a little broader than 
long ; mandibles black, dark red at apex ; face and cheeks with long 
white hair; antenne rather short and thick, flagellum bright 
ferruginous beneath ; front dull and densely punctured ; thorax with 
white hair; mesothorax smooth, with sparse weak punctures ; 
metathorax hairy, the basal area large and dull; tegule reddish 
testaceous ; wings hyaline, with a diffused brown cloud beyond the 
third discoidal cell ; stigma and nervures ferruginous ; femora black 
with pale knees ; anterior tibiz in front yellow suffused with reddish ; 
middle and posterior tibiz with yellow basal mark and apex ; all the 
tarsi yellow, the small joints suffused with reddish; abdomen 
slender, without evident punctures and without hair-bands, but hind 
margins of first two segments rather broadly ferruginous, of the 
others very narrowly more or less pallid. 
2. Length about 8:5 mm.; similar to the male but more robust ; 
second joint of maxillary palpi fully as long as next two together, 
the last four joints reddened and subequal ; anterior knees and tibia 
