698 MR. R. E, TURNER ON 



Braunsomeria quadraticeps, sj). n. (PI. LXXXI. figs. 9, 10; 

 PI. LXXXII. fig. 7.) 



5 . Itufo-ferrthrjinea ; onandibulis apice, vertice, capite lateribus ; 

 segmentis abdominalibiis tribus basalibus nigris ; femo7-ibibS tibiisque 

 J'nscis, calcariis albidis. 



Long. 8 tnm. 



$ . Head broader than long, fully half as broad again as the 

 pronotum ; mandibles with a blunt tooth on the inner margin 

 near the apex, another near the middle of the inner margin, 

 acute, and another smaller nearer the base. The whole insect 

 shining, with a few scattered pvmctures. Pronotum longer than 

 broad, a little longer than the median segment. Dorsal abdo- 

 minal segments broadly depressed at the apex, the basal portion 

 of the segments produced into a slightly raised rounded mark 

 on each side ; apical segment very narrowly rounded at the 

 extremity. 



S , Niger ; mandihulis, clypeo macula mediana nigra, scapo 

 subtus apice, tuberculis antennalibus, onactda part^a fronlali, mar- 

 gine interiore octdoruvi, linea undidata verticali, pronoto macula 

 'uti'inque antice et fascia lata postice, mesonoto macula quadrata, 

 scutello fascia lata, postsctttello, mesojdeuris fascia, segmento dor- 

 sali primo fascia apicali, cceteris fascia apicali inacula nigra 

 tdrinque, segmentisque ventralibus 2-6 fascia bisinuata ap)iGali 

 pallide flavis ; alis hyalinis, venis testaceis. 

 Long. 6 vim. 



(5 . Antennae slender, longer than the abdomen, the inter- 

 antennal tubercles prominent. Clypeus very short and broad, 

 very shallowly emarginate at the apex. Head very strongly 

 convex, cheeks as broad as the eyes. Head and thorax coarsely 

 but not very closely punctured, median segment finely and closely 

 punctured -rugulose; abdomen shining, very sparsely and shallowly 

 punctured. Pronotum shorter than the mesonotum, narrowed 

 anteriorly, the anterior margin straight, posterior margin very 

 feebly arched. Median segment steeply sloped posterioi'ly, nob 

 truncate. Petiole of the basal abdominal segment occupying less 

 than half the length of the segment, the remainder of the segment 

 slightly inflated ; the first segment, including the petiole, only a 

 little longer than the second. The segments not constricted ; 

 hypopygium forming a long recurved spine ; apical dorsal segment; 

 convex, shallowly emarginate at the apex. Stigma large, twice 

 as long on the costa as broad, nearly twice as long as the radial 

 cell, which is broadly rounded at the apex. Three cubital cells 

 on the right side, two on the left ; on the right the second 

 abscissa of the radius is very short, the third about equal to the 

 first and second combined, bat shorter than the second transverse 

 cubital nervure, second recurrent nervure received close to the 

 apex of the third cubital cell. 



Ilab. Willowmore, Cape Colony ; January {Br. Brauns). 



The female is the type. 



