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white hair ; wings clear hyaline, the nervures and stigma black ; 

 apex of last abdominal segment roundly, deeply incised, the incision 

 bounded by two longish, stout teeth, and with two much smaller 

 teeth on either side, the outer tooth being smaller than the inner 

 one. $ . 



Length 6-7 mm. 



Cape Colony. Stellenbosch. 



Mandibles closely punctured, the apex smooth and shining; the 

 apical tooth long, becoming gradually narrowed to the apex, the 

 subapical shorter, broader, and blunter ; the base on the under side 

 projects into a blunt, stout tooth. Head closely, rugosely punctured ; 

 the clypeus projecting, smooth and shining, the apex with a slight, 

 but distinct incision, forming a broad curve. Pro- and meso-thorax 

 closely and strongly punctured ; the metanotum sparsely punctured, 

 the area alutaceous, furrowed dow T n the centre. Abdomen closely 

 punctured, the punctuation becoming distinctly stronger towards 

 the apex, the last segment being coarsely rugose. Fore coxae with 

 a stout tooth at the base, broad at the base, narrowed at the apex ; 

 the base of the tarsal joints testaceous. 



Gen. PODALAEIUS, Latr. (ANTHOPHOKA, Auct.). 



PODALAMUS EUFICAUDIS, Sp. nOV. 



Black ; the hair on the vertex, upper part of thorax and of 

 abdomen griseous, tinged with fulvous and tipped with black ; on 

 the face and sides of thorax white ; the apices of the abdominal 

 segments with paler bands, the penultimate segment and the sides 

 of the last covered with long rufous hair ; the hair on the legs white, 

 rufous behind ; wings hyaline, slightly tinged with violaceous, the 

 nervures and stigma black. 2 ■ 



Length 12-13 mm. 



Transvaal. 



CJypeus and labrum closely, rugosely punctured ; the former with 

 a keel down the central half. Mandibles entirely black, the base 

 with elongated, irregular punctures; the vertex and front shagreened, 

 the ocellar region smooth and shining ; a furrow leads down from 

 the ocelli. The hair on the thorax is long and dense ; there is a 

 smooth, bare, shining furrow in the centre of the metanotum. 

 Pygidium bare. Ventral scopa tinged with rufous at the apex. On 

 the end of the penultimate joint of the hind tarsi is a tuft of bright 

 red hair. 



The male is similarly haired, except that the bands of paler hair 

 on the apices of the abdominal segments are paler and more 



