76 Annals of the South African Museum. 



constriction between the 1st and 2nd abdominal segments much 

 stronger than in that species. Second segment a little longer than 

 the 1st. Legs rather stout, and shorter than in sennaarensis. 



" $. 7-8 mm. Black; tarsi reddish brown; maxillary palpi 

 5-jointed. Mandibles rudimentary, without teeth. Antennae fili- 

 form ; scape scarcely longer than broad ; 1st joint of flagellum 

 broader than long, 2nd joint very long and cylindrical. Head 

 rounded, convex behind. 



Pronotum exposed ; scutellum gibbous. Dorsum of epinotum 

 fairly long, distinct from the declivity. Node of petiole thick, sub- 

 conical. First segment of abdomen small and short, the constriction 

 between it and the following segment very strong, the other 

 segments only feebly constricted. Sub-genital plate elongate and 

 entire, pygidium produced into a long point. Wings brown. 

 Sculpture and pilosity as in the $ , but the mesonotum and 

 scutellum are dull, with longitudinal striae." 



Natal. (Wroughton.) Knysna. (Brauns.) 



(G.A. coll.) 



Var. ceudelis, Forel. 

 Loc cit. 



" $ . 6-7 mm. Head larger, almost square, at least as wide as 

 long, less contracted in front. The sides of the mesonotum have 

 a dentiform angle on the anterior margin (less marked in the type). 

 Dorsum of epinotum wider and shorter. Pilosity a little more 

 abundant. Colour varies from a reddish testaceous yellow to a 

 slightly reddish brown. 



$ . Identical with the type form and of the same size." 



Natal. (Haviland.) 



Genus PONEEA, Latreille. (Emery, emend.) 



Hist. Nat. Crust. Insect., vol. 13, p. 257, 1805. Emery, Ann. Soc. 



Ent. Belg., vol. 45, p. 41, 1901. 



Characters. 



£ . Head sub-elongate, sides slightly convex, wider behind than 

 in front. Anterior margin of clypeus arcuate, or prolonged into 

 a rounded lobe. Mandibles broad and triangular, with small teeth ; 

 maxillary palpi one- or two- jointed. Antennae clavate, with 

 5-jointed club, or only incrassate. Eyes small or absent. Meso- 

 epinotal suture usually distinct. Node of petiole squamiform or 

 thick. 



