436 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Second node lozenge-shaped in outline, convex above transversely, 

 the anterior margin more convex than the posterior, the sides 

 angular but with the apex of the angle narrowly truncate, one-third 

 wider than long, two and a-half times wider than the first segment. 

 Abdomen longer than wide, the base subtruncate. 



£. 2'5-2'9 mm. Head brown, the anterior fourth paler. Thorax, 

 petiole, antennae and mandibles dark ochreous, somewhat reddish. 

 Legs ochreous, abdomen brown, more or less yellowish at the base. 

 Pubescence and pilosity as in the 1/ , but the clypeus has some long 

 and outstanding hairs. Head, pronotum, petiole, legs and abdomen 

 shining, the remainder of the thorax dull ; the head duller than the 

 pronotum. Head very faintly and closely reticulate, the middle of 

 the vertex almost smooth, the sides in front of and above the eyes 

 obliquely striate. Pronotum smooth, meso- and epinotum very finely 

 reticulate. Both nodes nearly smooth, the abdomen smooth. Head 

 longer than wide, not narrower in front than behind, the sides and 

 posterior margin moderately convex. Eyes convex and fairly large, 

 placed in the middle of the sides. Clypeus convex transversely and 

 lengthwise, the anterior margin convex and entire. Frontal carinae 

 feebly convergent behind, not extending back beyond the level of the 

 front of the eyes. Scapes long, extending back as far as the middle 

 of the pronotum. Mandibles very finely striate and sparsely punctured. 

 Pronotum a little longer than wide, convex at the sides and above. 

 Pro-mesonotal suture obsolete. Mesonotum with a feeble transverse 

 impression, the part behind same longer than the part in front. 

 Dorsum of epinotum twice as long as wide, one and a-half times longer 

 than the moderately oblique declivity ; spines similar to those of the 

 1/ , but proportionately smaller and more oblique. First node as in 

 the 1/ , the dorsal edge more rounded transversely. Second node more 

 or less bell-shaped, the sides convex, longer than wide, and twice as 

 wide as the 1st node. 



Eedbank, S.E. Nesting in sandy soil. (S.A.M., P.M., G.A. colls.) 



Var. politocciput, Santschi. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 84, p. 503, 1/, $, 1916. 



"2/ . Colour similar to that of the type-species, but a little darker. 

 Head a little longer than wide. The sculpture of the head differs from 

 that in the type- species in ending rather abruptly at the posterior third, 

 the head behind that point being smooth and shining, sparsely and 

 fairly strongly punctured. The spaces between the striae on the 

 middle of the head are finely and longitudinally rugulose, not shallowlv 



