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yellow ; legs rufous, the four front tibiae paler ; the back of the 

 second and following abdominal segments blackish above ; antennal 

 scape rufous, the nagellum blackish. Wings hyaline, the stigma 

 and nervures black. 5 . 



Length 10 mm. ; abdomen 7 mm. ; ovipositor 3 mm. 



Head smooth, shining ; the front keeled down the centre, trans- 

 versely, closely striated. Mesonotum strongly, irregularly trans- 

 versely striated, except on the sides at the apex where it is 

 punctured. Scutellum reticulated. Metanotum at the base with 

 a transverse keel, which curves towards the post-scutellum in the 

 middle ; this part is almost smooth ; the rest of the median segment 

 is closely, strongly reticulated. Propleurae stoutly, obliquely striated 

 at the base. Basal half of mesopleurae above longitudinally striated; 

 the apical smooth ; the lower punctured-reticulated. Metapleurae 

 coarsely reticulated. There is a curved keel in front of the middle 

 coxae and another between it and the posterior. The wings are 

 short, about half the length of the body. 



Cape Colony. Dunbrody. 



Tribe OPHIONINI. 

 Gen. LIMNEEIUM, Ashm. (LIMNEEIA, Auct.) 



LlMNEEIUM STELLENBOSCHENSE, Sp. nOV. 



Black, shining ; antennal scape and legs rufous ; all the tro- 

 chanters, the four front coxae and the middle of the hind tibiae pale 

 yellow ; the hind coxae black, a band near the base of the hind 

 tibiae, a broader one on their apex and the apices of the hind tarsal 

 joints fuscous, the rest of the hind tarsal joints pale ; the apices of 

 the basal three abdominal segments rufo-testaceous, as are also the 

 sides of the third and fourth. Wings hyaline, the stigma fuscous, 

 the nervures darker. $ . 



Length 5 mm. ; terebra 1 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch. 



Head shagreened, the face not so strongly as the front, and more 

 shining. Palpi yellow. Thorax minutely, closely punctured, the 

 median segment more strongly and less shining than the rest. 

 There are no closed areae on the metanotum ; from near the centre 

 of the base two keels run obliquely to the middle of the segment, 

 which bears silvery-white pubescence. The basal branch of the 

 areolet is as long as the pedicle ; the apical is distinctly longer than 

 either ; the areolet distinctly projects below ; the basal branch of 

 the projection being clearly longer than the apical. 



