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posterior face, barely wider than the 1st node. Base of abdomen 

 hardly truncate, the lateral angles considerably rounded. 



<$ (hitherto undescribed). 6 6 mm. Dark brown, the anterior half 

 of the head, the antennae, mandibles and legs paler, more reddish 

 bi'own. Pilosity finer and more abundant than in the $ . Flagellum 

 with short, erect, pilose hairs, and also finely pubescent. The rest of 

 the body without pubescence. Shining. Head longitudinally sti-iato- 

 rugose, more strongly on the cheeks than elsewhei'e. Mesonotum and 

 scutellum feebly and longitudinally rugose, strongest on the posterior 

 half of the mesonotum. Epinotum strongly and transversely striate. 

 A few feeble striae on the 1st node, the sides of the thorax finely and 

 longitudinally striate ; the rest of the body smooth. Head distinctly 

 wider than long. Eyes very large, occupying two-thirds of the sides 

 of the head. Mandibles edentate, oblong, slightly acuminate at the 

 apex, not touching when closed. Scapes rather long, reaching the 

 occipital margin of the head, one and two-thirds longer than the 2nd 

 joint of the flagellum. Dorsum of epinotum widely expanded above 

 the stigmatic orifices, nearly three-quarters as long as wide at the 

 base, moderately convex transversely and lengthwise, oblique, twice as 

 long as the declivity. Brow of declivity rounded, not bituberculate or 

 bidentate. First joint of petiole nearly twice as long as the 2nd, the 

 node not distinctly delimited. Both nodes considerably flattened, the 

 2nd a little wider than the 1st. Wings pale ochreous, the nervures 

 and stigma dark ochreous. 



Montagu Pass, Cape Prov. (Brauns.) . . . Cape Prov. (ex 

 S.A.M. coll., £ and J). (S.A.M., P.M., C.A. colls.) 



M. Nigekrima, n. sp. (Plate VII, fig. 92.) 



^ . 4 - 8 mm. Allied to laevior, Forel. Entirely black, except the 

 mandibles, which are slightly brownish black. Pilosity long and 

 black, sparse, erect ; slightly oblique on the legs and abdomen. 

 Smooth and shining. Mandibles striate and quadridentate. Scapes 

 striate. The clypeus has three feeble longitudinal stidae, which do 

 not reach the convex auterior margin. Cheeks feebly and longi- 

 tudinally striate in front of the eyes. A median stria extends over 

 the whole of the vertex, head otherwise smooth. Pronotum finely but 

 distinctly margined. It has a median longitudinal stria, which is con- 

 tinued over the mesonotum. The latter has in addition one or two 

 lateral striae. The rest of the body smooth, without striae or 

 punctures. Head rather quadrate, hardly narrower in front than 

 behind, as wide as long, the posterior margin convex. Eyes very 

 convex and prominent, placed a little behind the middle of the sides. 



