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Odyneeus stellenboschensis, sp. nov. 



Black ; the clypeus, labrum, mandibles, except at the apex, 

 antennal keel, a narrow line along the lower part of the eye 

 incision, post-scutellum and a narrow line on the apices of the 

 basal two abdominal segments, pale yellow ; a large rufous line 

 on the upper half of the outer eye orbits, pronotum, an irregular 

 mark, rounded in front, transverse behind, below the tubercles, 

 tegulse, the median segment, except for a line down the centre, 

 broad at the base, gradually narrowed below, the base of the meta- 

 pleurae, the first abdominal segment, except for a large hour-glass 

 shaped black mark in the centre, the second segment, except for 

 a large black mark in the centre dilated at the base and greatly 

 dilated at the apex, the other segments, the antennal scape and the 

 under side of the nagellum, ferruginous. Legs ferruginous, the four 

 fore coxae and the posterior below yellow. Wings fuscous violaceous, 

 the nervures black, the stigma dark testaceous. $ . 



Length 13 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch. 



Front and vertex strongly, closely punctured ; the outer orbits 

 smooth and shining on the lower half, strongly keeled on the outer 

 side. Clypeus as broad as long, sparsely minutely punctured, 

 broadly rounded above, the apex roundly, deeply incised in the 

 centre, the projections forming stout teeth. Thorax strongly 

 closely punctured, except on the apex of the meso- and the base 

 of the m eta-pleurae ; the pronotum transverse, its sides rounded. 

 Scutellum furrowed down the middle, an obscure rufous spot on 

 either side. Post-scutellum raised, roundly sloped on the apex. 

 Metanotum with a steep slope, deeply furrowed in the centre, the 

 sides broadly rounded. There is an oblique furrow on the basal 

 half of the mesopleurae ; on the sides of the metasternum is a broad, 

 rounded, pale yellow thin plate. First abdominal segment cup- 

 shaped, longer than its width at the apex. 



ANTHOPHILA. 



Gen. PBOSOPIS, Fab. 

 Prosopis rubriplagiata, sp. nov. 



Black ; a large mark on the clypeus, its lower half obliquely nar- 

 rowed to a point, a large mark on the lower half of the inner orbits, 

 obliquely narrowed above and below, a mark, broader than long and 

 of equal width throughout, between the antennae, yellow ;. the sides 



