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continuous through the median. Length, 15-16 mm. c? $. — 

 Apparently not an uncommon species about Mlanje, where a 

 series was captured during January, Februaiy, and March, 1913 

 and 1914. 



4. TIMANGULIFER, sp. n. 



A stout, shining, black female with the scutellum and its f renal 

 sides, basal fovese and centre of mesonotum throughout, meso- 

 sternum excejDt centrally at the base, meso- and meta-pleurse 

 entirelj?-, rosy ; both clypeus and frons except longitudinally in 

 their centre, central flagellar band except below, postscutellum, 

 apices of first and sixth segments narrowly, of the second broadly 

 on either side and whole of the seventh with most of venter, 

 anterior coxk and (excepting a discal streak) trochanters, with 

 the four apical joints of hind tarsi, white ; anterior legs mainly 

 pale, hind femora and tibiee rufescent black. Wings hyaline ; 

 hind coxal scopulse large. Mesonotum glittering and only sparsely 

 punctate; scutellum absolutely glabrous, laterally black carina! e 

 to near its truncate apex ; metanotum evenly and scabrously 

 punctate with no arefe but an elongate-triangular (wedge-shaped) 

 portion, gradually contracted apically, glabrous and nitidulous ; 

 pleural carina strong. Postpetiole dejilanate, explanate and 

 shagreened. Stigma black ; areolet coal escent above ; lower basal 

 nervure a little postf ureal. Length, 1.5 mm. 5 only. — A con- 

 spicuous species with, 1 believe, unique metanotal structure ; and 

 obviously belonging to the present genus by the analogy of the 

 puncturation and frontal-colour distribution, besides more per- 

 tinent characters, tliough superficially very like Melanichnettmon. 

 — It was found in the Durro Forest, Toro, at fully 4000 feet, 

 between 23rd and 29th October, 1911, in Uganda. 



Melanichneumox. 



This genus was divided from the broad division, Ichneumon in 

 the Wesmaelian sense, by Prof. Thomson so long ago as 1893 

 (Opusc. Entom. xviii. p. 1954); but was therein again merged 

 by both Berthoumieu in 1894 and Schmiedeknecht in 1903. 

 Thomson's groups ai-e perfectly natural and are now, all too slowly, 

 coming into general recognition : they were adopted by me in 

 1903. Consequently, we must bear in mind that in the case of 

 the present and few following genera, other species may already 

 exist under the old broad heading of Ichneumon. Smits van 

 Burgst has recorded (Tunisian Hymen. 1913) three European 

 species of Melanichneimion extending to North Africa ; I have 

 described two new kinds (Ann. »S. Afr. Mus. 1916); and 

 Dr. Roman has shown (Zool. Bidr. Upsala, i. 1912, p. 262) that 

 Ichneumon leucophthalmus, Thunberg 1822, belongs here and 

 that its male is I.fimhriator, Thunb. 



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