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PIMPLINI. 



COSMIOPIMPLA, gen. nov. 



. Transverse median nervure in hind wings broken distinctly below 

 the middle. Areolet oblique, of equal width, longer than broad, 

 shortly appendiculated at the first transverse cubital nervure ; disco- 

 cubital nervure broken by a stump of a nervure, sharply angled. 

 Apex of clypeus obliquely depressed, slightly rounded. Last joint 

 of antennae nearly as long as the preceding two united. Fore claws 

 with a stout tooth at the base. Abdominal segments broader than 

 long, coarsely, closely punctured, and with transverse furrows. 

 Wings large, yellowish-hyaline, with fuscous clouds. Eyes emargi- 

 nate within. Ovipositor elongate, straight. 



In Ashmead's arrangement (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiii., 57) this 

 genus would come in near Pimpla and Notopimpla, but these may 

 be known by the transverse median nervure in hind wings being 

 broken above the middle, in addition to the other differences. 



COSMIOPIMPLA FERRUGINEA, sp. UOV. 



Ferruginous, flagellum of antennae, apical third of hind tibiae and 

 the hind tarsi black ; wings yellowish-hyaline, a broad fuscous cloud 

 immediately beyond the transverse median and transverse basal 

 nervures, narrowed slightly in front and extending from the costa to 

 the opposite side, a slightly narrower cloud extending from the base 

 of the stigma to the areolet, and backwards to the apex of the wing, 

 thence proceeding along the apex, upwards to the costa ; hind wings 

 fuscous, yellowish-hyaline to near the middle and having a yellowish 

 hyaline cloud in the centre of the apical fuscous part, wide in front, 

 gradually narrowed behind ; the stigma and nervures in the yellow 

 part luteous. Head and thorax smooth and shining ; the base and 

 sides of metanotum sparsely, distinctly punctured ; the basal four 

 segments of abdomen closely, strongly punctured ; the others smooth ; 

 the furrows wide and deep. $ . 



Length 12 mm. ; terebra 8 mm. 



Cape Colony. Brak Kloof. 



Gen. PIMPLA, Fab. sec. Ashm. 



Pimpla limbata, Tosq. 



This species is in the Collection from Jannerill (Miss Lippan). It 



cannot be referred to Pimpla as now defined. It might be referred to 



Gosmiopimpla if it were not that the apex of the clypeus is transverse 



and slightly depressed, and the fore claws not toothed at the base. 



