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is as long as wide, more convex than in the Q« Scale of petiole 

 shorter and also relatively wider ahove than in the 9- Wings as in 

 the 9) Du t not very long. 



Durban; Basutoland; Grahamstown. 



(S.A.'M., R.M., G.A. colls.; type of 9 in my collection). 



P. fuscula, Emery. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 63, p. 45, £ 1895. 



"^. 2 mm. Piceous or fuscous, mandibles, the base or the whole 

 of the scapes, first joints of the flagellum, tarsi and articulations of 

 the legs rufescent, very shining, sparingly and very minutely pubes- 

 cent and sparsely pilose, legs and scapes without erect hairs; head 

 truncate behind, the sides arcuate, mandibles narrow and 5-dentate, 

 the scape extending beyond the occipital margin, thorax narrowed in 

 the middle, the posterior part of the mesonotum (i. e. the metanotum) 

 short and forming a more or less prominent transverse torus ; epinotum 

 very convex lengthwise, seen from the side gibbose, scale of the 

 petiole thin and inclined forwards." 



Capetown, (Simon) ; Natal, (Traegardh). 



P. Brunni, Mayr. 

 Ann. K. K. N. H. Mus. Wien, vol. 10, p. 1-48, §. 1895. 



^. P3-P7 mm. Dark orange or reddish ochreous, the apical two- 

 thirds of the flagellum and the basal half of the femora more or less 

 fuscous; a patch between the eyes and the base of the mandibles, 

 a narrow apical band on the first three abdominal segments brown, 

 (somewhat triangularly widened at the sides), the remaining segments 

 more or less brownish ochreous. The pubescence is exceedingly sparse, 

 short and inconspicuous. There are a few yellowish pilose hairs on 

 the clypeus and abdomen. Smooth and very shining. 



Head as long as wide, the sides moderately convex, narrower in 

 front than behind, the posterior margin shallowly concave. Mandibles 

 small, with 4 or 5 teeth. Eyes placed in front of the middle of the 

 sides. The scape almost reaches the hind margin of the head; the 

 1st joint of the llagellum as long as the three succeeding joints taken 

 together, the 2nd and 3rd almost twice as wide as long, the 4th as 

 wide as long. Pronotum very convex, a little wider than long. 

 Mesonotum nearly twice as wide as long, fairly convex transversely, 

 separated from the metanotum by a wide and deep suture. The 

 metanotum is quadrate, as long as wide and as long as, or even a 



