292 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Var. Teiptolemtts, n.v. 



£ 5"5 mm. This differs from the type by its larger size and 

 also in the following characters. The sculpture is stronger, especially 

 on the thorax and nodes. The eyes are less convex, almost flat, 

 the posterior margin of the head is shallowly concave, and the 

 meso-epinotal suture is shallow but fairly distinct. The epinotal 

 spines are shorter, distinctly divergent apically, as long as the interval 

 between their bases. The peduncle of the 1st node is relatively 

 shorter, and the node is a little longer in proportion to the width 

 than in the type of the species, the anterior and posterior angles are 

 also much more acute, not rounded as in the type. The sides of the 

 2nd node divergent posteriorly, not subparallel as in the type of 

 the species. The colour is darker, especially of the thorax and nodes, 

 which are dark brown. 



(R.M., G.A. colls.) ; type in my collection. Closely allied to 

 var. cucalense, Santschi, from which it would appear to differ 

 (judging by the description only), in the shape of the nodes and 

 the epinotal spines. 



Race cltxna, Forel. 

 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. Beiheft, p. 218, $ , 1913. 



^. 3*5 -3'8 mm. Black, legs and antennae reddish-brown, 

 mandibles reddish-yellow. The whole abdomen dull, otherwise the 

 sculpture is like that of the species. From the latter it differs in 

 the following characters. The dorsum of the epinotum is not convex, 

 but shallowly concave ; the spines are shorter, being barely as long 

 as the interval between their bases. The 1st node of the petiole is 

 shorter, and wider in front (the hind margin hardly more than half 

 as long as the front margin), the anterior margin above more convex. 

 The 2nd node is narrower, about one- quarter wider than the 1st, 

 convex at the sides, not straight as in the type. The flat scale-like 

 hairs are smaller and less abundant, more golden than silvery in 

 colour. 



This is an annectant form between setuliferum, i. sp., and solidum. 



Willowmore, Cape Prov. (Dr. H. Brauns). (S.A.M., E.M., G.A. 

 colls.) 



T. solidum, Emery. 



Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., vol. 18, p. 362, $ , $ , 1886. 



" £> . 35-4 mm. Piceous, mandibles, antennae and legs, except 

 the middle part of the femora, rufescent and dull ; abdomen shining, 



