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Fulvo-testaceous ; antennae basally nearly white ; apex of 

 median segment discally black ; central abdominal segments 

 apically nigrescent. Wings fuscous or fulvo-hyaline, iridescent, 

 stigma pale. 



Length, $ , 10 mm. ; abdomen 6 mm. ; petiole 2^ mm. ; terebra 

 8 mm. S , 7g mm. 



Habitat : Port Natal, S. Africa. Type in Hope Museum, 

 Oxford. 



In the British Museum are an old pair from F. Smith's 

 collection with label *' Port Natal," and a female with a green 

 label from the same locality ; all three were probably taken by 

 the Swedish collector, Gueinzius, about 1859. 



This species bears a strong superficial resemblance to Diaste- 

 phanus cdutaceits Morley, but, in addition to the venation, it may 

 be distinguished easily by the sculpture of vertex and pronotum, 

 and by the tridentate hind femora. 



18. LOWGICAUDA Elliott. 



Fcenatopus longicauda Elliott (2), p. 30, $ . 



2 . Frons transrugose, vertex finely trans-striate, occiput 

 smooth and shining ; frontal tubercles short and blunt ; three 

 stout carinas between the posterior ocelli. Posterior margin of 

 head simple. Basal flagellar joints normal. Prothorax finely 

 trans-striate; mesonotum cribrate punctate ; mesopleurse smooth, 

 with a few large punctures in the middle ; metapleurse coarsely 

 punctate above, smooth below, separated by a crenulate furrow 

 f):'om the cribrate punctate median segment. Petiole trans- 

 striate, a little longer than rest of abdomen, which is smooth and 

 shining. Terebra half as long again as body, with a sharply- 

 defined subapical white band, 2 mm. wide and \^ mm. at apex, 

 black. Hind coxse trans-striate, basally more coarsely ; hind 

 femora very finely alutaceous and rather shining, tridentate ; 

 hind tibiae compressed to a little beyond middle. 



Black ; mandibles except apex and face pale testaceous ; anterior 

 legs rufescent, tibiae paler ; hind tarsi rufescent. Wings basally 

 inf uscate, nervures black. 



Length 15 mm.; abdomen 10 mm.; petiole 5g mm.; terebra 

 22 mm. 



Habitat: Nilgiri Hills, India, 3000ft.; 14th April, 1888 Sir 

 George Hampson. Type in British Museum. 



Very like F. iridipennis Elliott, but easily known by the infus- 

 cate wings and smooth occiput with simple margin. 



19. RUQICEPS Elliott. 



Foenatopus rugiceps Elliott (2), p. 29, 5 • 



$ . Frons granulate rug use, vertex and occiput subarcuate 

 rugose. Frontal tubercles rather small and blunt, the space 

 between them rugose ; three carinae between the posterior ocelli. 



