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which is rounded anteriorly and flat. The scape projects beyond 

 the back of the head, and is gradually thickened from the middle to 

 the apex. The flagellum is 11-jointed, the 2nd joint is one-third 

 longer than the 1st, the rest progressively shorter, except the last 

 joint which is only slightly longer than the preceding. Mandibles 

 short and triangular, curved in front and below, convex above, finely 

 rugose and edentate. The whole body is finely rugulose, with a few 

 coarse punctures. 



Pronotum rounded at the sides, anterior angles obsolete, slightly 

 arched dorsally and separated from the mesonotum by a deep suture. 

 Meso- and metanotum fused. The declivity of the epinotum is 

 steep, shallowly excavated, witb two small obtuse teeth close 

 together on the upper margin. The puncturation of the thorax is 

 similar to that of the head, but somewhat more strongly punctured 

 on the prothorax and the pleurae. Petiole seen from above 

 cylindrical, longer than it is wide or deep, rounded in front, abruptly 

 truncated behind and coarsely punctured all over. Ventral lamella 

 anteriorly, with a tooth-like projection, truncated at its apex. The 

 1st abdominal segment anteriorly modei'ately truncate but without a 

 distinct edge, broader than long, campaniform, constricted at its 

 apex ; 2nd segment wider that long, longer than the 1st, both 

 segments finely punctured. 



The legs are long ; posterior tibiae with 2 calcaria, the outer 

 pectinate. Metatarsi much shorter than the tibiae, and slightly 

 shorter than the tarsi together. Anterior tarsi and metatarsi with 

 thick golden pubescence beneath. A few erect hairs occur on the 

 last abdominal segment." 



Hab. Cape Province. (G.A., S.A.M. colls.) 



Sub-sp. longinoda, Forel. 



Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Ges., vol. 9, p. 75, £ , 1894. 



" Like the type, but as far as I can judge from Eoger's description 

 without seeing the type, differing in the following characters- 

 Mandibles with 3 to 1 teeth, separated from each other. Head 

 rectangular, longer than wide. Mesonotum wider than long, very 

 short, and separated from the metanotum by a plainly visible even, 

 if somewhat indistinct suture. The mesonotum is fairly flat and 

 depressed, lying at a lower level than the pro- and mesonota. 

 Declivity of the epinotum excavated, the margins sharply defined, 

 above with two very stumpy rounded bosses (in place of teeth). 

 Petiole cylindrical, more than twice as long as wide, hardly wider 



