Hymenoptera from the Transvaal. Aq 
This species is included in the collection from the Trans- 
vaal, although the locality given (Isubu) is in West Africa. 
Synagris mirabilis, Guér. 
Synagrismirabilis, Guér., Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss. vi. (1848) p. 359, pl. viii. 
fig. 8; Sauss. Etud. Fam. Vesp. 1. (1852) p. 82. 
Seventeen females, nine males (typical), from Pretoria, 
Masil Nek, Rustenburg, and Durban (Distant), and Johannes- 
burg (A. Ross). Five females and four maies, Pretoria 
(Distant), with the apical white segments of the abdomen 
turning to red in certain lights. 
Synagris analis, Sauss. 
Synagris analis, Sauss. Ktud. Fam. Vesp. i. (1852) p. 86. 
Four females, Pretoria (Distant); Fort Johnston, Nyasaland 
(Rendall). 
Synagris emarginata, Sauss. 
Synagris (Hypagris) abdominalis, Sauss. 
Five females, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 
Family Vespide. 
Genus BELONOGASTER, Sauss. 
Belonogaster filiventris, Sauss. 
Rhaphigaster filiventris, Sauss. Etud, Fam. Vesp. ii. (1853) p. 16, pl. il. 
fig. 5 
Belonogaster Jiliventris, Smith, Cat. Hym. B. M. vy. (1857) p, 194. 
Sixteen workers, Pretoria and Waterval-onder (Distant) ; 
Barberton (Rendall & Harrison) ; Fort Johnston, Nyasaland 
(Rendall); Durban (A. Ross). 
Belonogaster grisea, Fabr. 
Vespa grisea, Faby. Syst. Ent. (1775) p. 322; Oliv. Encycl. Méth., Ins. 
vi. (1791) p. 673. 
Vespa macilenta, Faby. Spec. Ins. i. (1781) p. 468; Guér. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. ed. xiii. (1790) p. 2754. 
Belonogaster rufipennis, Sauss. Etud. Fam. Vesp. ii. (1853) p, 235. 
Belonogaster griseus, Smith, Cat. Hym. B. M. vy. (1857) p. 94. 
Twenty-one workers, Pretoria (Distant) ; Waterval-onder 
(A. Ross); Zomba (Lendal/); Delagoa Bay (Distant) ; 
Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall); Brak Kloof, Cape 
Colony (Mrs. White). 
