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know, unfortunately, only the male. It is more slenderly built than 

 usual ; the petiole is as long as the rest of the abdomen together ; it 

 is 2-jointed, with the apex dilated ; it is straight, not curved ; the 

 last segment is sharp-pointed and is as long as the preceding two 

 united. Scutellum furrowed in the middle. Temples roundly 

 narrowed. Tarsi sparsely spined ; the tibiae with very few spines ; 

 fore tarsi more than twice the length of the tibiae, the basal two 

 joints being together as long as the tibiae ; the middle tarsi are 

 nearly as long, but their tibiae are longer. The second cubital 

 cellule longer than the third, more so in front than behind. Claws 

 simple. Pronotum short, wider than long. Head aciculated, the 

 sides of the vertex in front, and the front strongly but not closely 

 punctured ; the clypeus with fine scattered punctures ; its apex 

 almost depressed. Pro- and meso-notum shining ; the former finely 

 and sparsely, the latter more closely and strongly punctured. 

 Scutellum punctured like the mesonotum except in the depressed 

 middle. Post-scutellum not depressed, strongly punctured. Meta- 

 notum rugose, widely furrowed down the middle of the basal region 

 before the apical slope ; the furrow transversely striated. Propleurae 

 smooth, shining, bare ; the meso- and metapleurae punctured, more 

 strongly below than above ; densely pilose. Abdomen smooth ; the 

 petiole longer than the head and thorax united. The second cubital 

 cellule in front is about one-fourth longer than behind, equal in 

 length with the third ; the first recurrent nervure is received near 

 the apex of the basal fourth of the cellule ; the second nearer the 

 apex. The apical nervures in hind wings are faint, almost obsolete ; 

 accessory nervure appendiculated. 



This species shows an approach to the Neotropical genus Podium. 



CEBOPALID^.* 



Gen. ANOPLIUS, Ashm. 

 Anoplius whiteanus, sp. nov. 



Black ; the antennae and legs rufous ; the under side of the scape 

 yellow, the rest black ; the coxae, trochanters, and base of femora 

 broadly black ; the tarsi paler coloured ; the apices of the joints 

 black, testaceous behind the black apex ; wings yellowish hyaline, 

 smoky from shortly beyond the third transverse cubital and the 

 recurrent nervures; $ . 



Length 11 mm. 



Cape Colony. Brak Kloof. 



* Olifa PompilidicE. Pompilus is preoccupied. 



