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petiolar area stramineous. Remarkably like the last species but 

 flifteriug in its colour, puucturation, especially of the froiis and 

 mesonotum and scatellum ; in the much stronger costula?, at least 

 basally black first segment with its pale apical angles ; in the 

 indication of a nervelet and the simple second recurrent nervure ; 

 in its somewhat stout facial tooth between the scrobes ; and also 

 in the lack of $ coxal scopulaj. Length, 14-15 mm. c? 5 . — 

 The type is from Blantyre in Nyasaland on 9th June, 1910 

 (/)?•. J. E. S. Old) ; and the male occurred in the Gold Coast 

 about the same time (IF. P. Loioe). 



3. MACULiscuTis Cam. 



Platylcobus inacidiscutis Cameron, Ann. 8. African Mus. v. 

 1906, p. 179, S ; Ichneumon transvacdensis Cameron, Ann. Mus. 

 Transvaal, ii. 1911, p. 174, $ . 



An examination of both types convinces me of the above 

 synonymy. The S is from Klerksdorp in November 1890, and 

 the $ is labelled " Fonteinen, 24th April, 1905," both in the 

 Transvaal. A pair of homotypes were taken in South Africa 

 so long ago as 1845, and in the Ruo Yalley, Nyasaland, at 

 2000 feet on October 25th, 1913. 



4. NATALENSis Cam. 



Ichneiunon'i natcdensis Cameron, Ann. 8. African Mus. v, 1906, 

 p. 160, 6. 



The details contained in the above Table are drawn from the 

 type in the British Museum. Another S , f^lso labelled "type" 

 by Cameron, is in the S, African Museum ; taken at Malvers in 

 Natal by Barker. 



. 5. SUBLUNIFER, Sp, n. 



A small, /«7wo«s and not testaceous female with the occiput, 

 vertex, frons, ;ind scrobes to I'adicule, antennae except underside 

 of scape and their white band, mesonotum and a mark in each of 

 the external and dentiparal arese, black; remainder of the head, 

 prothorax, elongate callosities befoi'e and beneath radices, two 

 discal mesonotal lines, mesopleurse except speculum, scutellum 

 except lateral carina-, postscutellum, anterior coxfeand trochanters 

 and disc of hind coxte, veiy pale stramineous. Head transverse, 

 narrower than eyes and posteriorly but slightly emarginate : face 

 closely but weakly, and f i-ons obsoletely, punctate ; clypeus sub- 

 discreted, apically truncate and centrally a little impressed. 

 Mesonotum very closely punctate and not shagreened, with 

 distinct though fine notauli; metanotum shining, finely punctate- 

 acieulate, with petiolar area long and broad, disereted ; areola 

 proportionately short, subsemilunate, broader than long, basally 

 rounded and emitting weak costulfe from its centre. Scutellum 

 deplanate, glabrous, laterally carinate to near its truncate apex, 

 before which it is traversed by a few longitudinal striations. 



