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brownish-black. Thorax, nodes and abdomen yellowish-brown, the 

 posterior margin of the scutellum, the sides of the mesonotum and the 

 apical halves of the abdominal segments darker. Legs and antennae 

 ochi'eous, all the femora darker in the middle. Head finely and 

 longitudinally striate, fairly dull. Thorax sculptured as in the $ , but the 

 scutellum is also finely striate transversely. Nodes very finely striato- 

 rugulose, transversely so on the upper face of the 1st, longitudinally 

 on the 2nd. Abdomen smooth and shining, faintly aciculate and dull 

 at the base. 



Head trapezoidal, much wider in front than behind, the vertex high. 

 The eyes occupy the anterior three-fifths of the head. Mandibles 

 finely striate, narrow at the base, armed with thi*ee small teeth. 

 Anterior margin of the clypeus shallowly emarginate in the middle. 

 Frontal area dull and rugulose. Behind the frontal area there is a 

 small elongate tubercle, and behind the latter a transverse impressed 

 line joining the ends of the frontal carinae. Ocelli large and very 

 prominent. Dorsum of epinotum longer than wide across its apex, 

 feebly tuberculate on each side, one-third longer than the declivity, 

 which is concave from above to below. Anterior face of 1st node, 

 seen from the side, at least twice as long as the dorsal face, the dorsal 

 edge rounded. Abdomen oblong, much longer than wide. Wings 

 faintly tinged with brownish-yellow, the nervures bright yellow, the 

 stigma brownish. 



Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. (S.A.M., E.M., O.A. colls.) 



P. Maufei, n. sp. 



1/ . 4-4*3 mm. Head, thorax and petiole varying from dark yellowish- 

 red (burnt sienna) to brownish-red, the vertex of the head sometimes 

 darker than the rest ; abdomen varying from yellowish-red to brown, 

 flagellum and legs dirty orange-yellow, the tarsi paler. Pilosity 

 yellowish, oblique and fairly long, longest on the abdomen, most 

 abundant on the sides of the head. Pubescence on the legs, antennae 

 and mandibles long, oblique, fairly sparse; almost wanting on the 

 body. 



Head and thorax dull, with a fairly close fundamental reticulation. 

 In addition, the head has a superimposed, coarse, rugose reticulation 

 somewhat emphasised longitudinally, becoming fainter posteriorly, 

 and obsolete in the middle third of the posterior half. Occipital 

 lobes finely and transversely rugose on their inner halves. There are 

 a few irregular rugae on the thorax, chiefly on the pronotum. Petiole 

 and basal third of the 1st abdominal segment dull and finely reticulate, 



