698 MR. R. E. TURNER ON 



Braunsomeria quadraticeps, sp. 11. (PI. LXXXI. figs. 9, 10; 

 PI. LXXXII. fig. 7.) 



5 . liafo-ferruginea ; mandihulis apice, vet^tice, capite laterihus ; 

 segmentis abdominalihus trihus basalihus nigris ; feinoribus tibiisque 

 Jvscis, Gcdcariis albidis. 



Long. 8 mm. 



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

 pi'onotum ; 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 punctures. Pronotum longer than 

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

 minal segments bi'oadly depressed at the apex, the basal portion 

 of the segments produced into a slightly raised lounded mark 

 on each side ; apical segment very narrowly rounded at the 

 extremity. 



(S . jS iger ; inandihidis, clypeo Qnacida mediana nigra, scapo 

 subtus apice, tubercidis aniennalibus, macida parva fronUdi, mar- 

 gine interiore ocidorum, linea' undidata verticcdi, pronoto macida 

 uirinque antice et fascia lata postice, mesonoto macida quadrata, 

 scutello fascia lata, j)ostscutello, mssopleuris fascia, segmento dor- 

 sali primo fascia apicali, cceteris fascia apicali macula nigra 

 utrinque, segmentisque ventralibus 2-6 fascia bisinuata ap)icali 

 pallide ftavis ; alis hyalinis, venis testaceis. 

 Long. 6 onm. 



d" . Antennfe 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 

 j.unctured-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 posteriorly, 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 e(|ual to the 

 first and second combined, but shorter than the second transvei'se 

 cubital nervure, second recurrent nervure received close to the 

 apex of the third cubital cell. 



Hab. Willowmore, Cape Colony ; January {L>r. Brauns). 

 The female is the type. 



