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and concealed. Legs short and stout, black with front tibiae dull 

 stramineous; anterior legs of 2 obscurely red, of J with coxae 

 white. Wings subhyaline, with an indefinite cloud across the 

 areolet ; stigma, nervures and tegulae black, radix whitish ; 

 areolet irregularly pentagonal, nearly coalescent above ; nervelet 

 small ; lower basal nervure distinctly postfurcnl. Length, J $ 

 15 ram. — It was originally described from Togoland, but two 

 males taken by Neave dift'er so little that I have ventured to 

 regard them as the opposite sex of Tosquiiiet's species. They 

 occuired in the valley of the South llukuru River between 

 June 20th and 27th, 1910, at 3000 feet in Nyasaland. 



CCELICHNEUMOK. 



I do not think any species have yet been recorded from Africa 

 (excepting my note in Revis. Ichn, iv. 1915, p. 121) under this 

 name ; but seven of those described by Berthoumieu (Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Fi-ance, 1894) under the genus Ichneumon from Algeria 

 seem to belong here, with C. hcemorrhoidcdis Grav., G. 7-udis 

 Fonsc, and C. sinistm' Wesm., which extend from southern 

 Europe. I find Platylabus maculiscutis Cam. and Ichneittnon 

 nataleiisis Cam. to also belong here ; and the dozen species is 

 completed by one brought forward in the Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 

 by me in 1917. Probably some of Tosquinet's and Kreich- 

 baumer's Ichneumones will also have to be included, Avhen the 

 types are re-examined. Holcichneimion Cameron (Ann. Mus. 

 Transvaal, ii. 1911, p. 175) is synonymous. 



Table of some African Species. 



(8) 1. Black or castaneous, with pale flavous-uiarked 



tliovax. 



(3) 2. Hiud coxaj stoutly scopulate ; scutellum glabrous . 1. seojjiil if er 'Mori. 

 (2) 3. Hind coxte mutic ; scutellum distinctlj' punctate. 



(5) 4. Metanotal areola longer than broad ; scrobes 



tuberculate 2. Cornell if er Mori. 



(4) 5. Metanotal areola not longer than broad ; scrobes 



simple. 

 (7) 6. Abdomen and hind legs red ; petiolar area black . 3. maculiscutis Cain. 



(6) 7. Abdomen mainly and hind legs black ; petiolar 



area pale-marked 4. uataleHsis Ca.\\\. 



(1) 8. Testaceous; rarely with head and thorax black- 

 marked. 



(12) 9.^Mesonotura nitidulous; head and thorax pale 

 stramineous-marked. 



(11) 10. Postpetiole aciculate ; gastrocceli large ; scutellum 



white 5. siihlu,Hifei'M.ox\. 



(10) 11. Postpetiole punctate ; gastrocceli small ; scutellum 



red 6. gem inifer Mori . 



(9) 12. Mesonotum dull and shagreened ; rarely dull 



flavous-marked. 

 (14) 13. Areola narrow and elongate ; lower basal nervure 



postfui'cal 7. testaceus Cam, 



