62 M. L. Peringuey^s Descriptive Catalogue [Xov. 30, 



Myrmecoptera seem to be occasionally met with in Natal and the 

 Southern part of the Transvaal ; their habitat extends, however, from 

 the 24th of lat. S. to Abyssinia ; the South-African species are more 

 numerous between the 26th and 15° lat. They have not been re- 

 corded from Great Namaqualand, but are found in Ovampoland, in 

 the vicinity of the Limpopo, on the banks of the Zambeze, and in 

 the provinces of Mozambique and Delagoa Bay. 



Outside the South-African Hmit two specimens of this genus are 

 met with in Abyssinia ; one in Somaliland ; one in Zanzibar (Lake 

 Jipe) ; one in East Africa (Mamboia) ; and ? one in Angola. 



I divide the South African species into four different sections : 



1. Body slender, elytra with a continuous white supra-marginal band, 



and a dorsal patch : tenella. 



2. Body slender, elytra with a more or less interrupted supra-marginal 



band, and with dorsal markings : spedaUlis. 



bi-Iunata, Saundersi. 

 Umiafa, EriTcssoni, 



3. Body less slender, elytra costate in the anterior part, and sha- 



greened in the posterior part, with no white marking, or with an 

 apical white patch : algoensis, Junodi, Bertoloni, 



foveolata, costata, Limpopoiana, 



4. Body less slender, elytra costate, foveated or deeply pitted, one 



white band at the base on each side of the suture, and one apical, 

 sutural, or supra -marginal patch : polylmnoides, MaucM, 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



A. Elytra without any raised lines. _ 



Elytra deeply pitted, outer margin with a continuous yellow 

 band, and a round post median spot on each side of the disk. tenella. 



Elytra deeply pitted, outer margin with a white humeral 

 band, a median spot, and an apical, long, narrow band, disk 

 with a small round spot. foveolatai 



Elytra deeply pitted, with a supra humeral broad white 

 patch, and a post median marginal band reaching the apex, 

 disk with a transverse patch uniting with the marginal band. speciaMis, 



Elytra deeply pitted, each with a small sub-humeral spot, a 



