654 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Clypeus more coarsely punctured than in the Q|, the mesonotum 

 very sparsely and shallowly punctured. Head widest behind, the 

 sides convex behind the eyes, in front of them straight and con- 

 vergent anteriorly, the posterior margin almost straight, the posterior 

 angles narrowly rounded. Scapes long, extending beyond the occi- 

 pital margin by very nearly half their length. The mesonotum has 

 a median impressed line or groove extending over the anterior con- 

 vexity, and continued thence as a very faint line as far as the 

 posterior margin. The slightly depressed area between the mesono- 

 tum and the scutellum is smooth and shining. The scutellum is 

 fairly broad, and transverse behind. Dorsum of epinotum short, 

 merging by a short curve into the longer and vertical declivity. 

 Scale of petiole thin, both faces nearly flat, the dorsal edge trenchant 

 and emarginate in the middle. Wings tinged with ochreous brown, 

 nervures testaceous, stigma brown. 



cf. This sex is unknown to me. Smith's very short description 

 is useless and not worth quoting. 



Krantz Kloof and Eshowe, Natal, (W. H. B. Marley); Durban. 



Var. fulvipes, Emery. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 63, p. 51, 1895. 



"The <2 differs from the type of the subspecies, (i. e. corvus Forel), 

 by the fulvous colour of the legs, contrasting with the dark colour 

 of the body." 



Makapan, (Simon); Zululand, (Traegaordh). 



Var. politiceps, Santschi. 

 Goteborgs K. Vetens. och Vitterh. Handl. XV, 2, p. 38. 1914. 



§ media, 9 mm. Flagellum, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the rest 

 of the legs and the scapes brown. Shining, especially the head 

 (dull posteriorly in the type and the other races). Sides of the 

 thorax and the dorsum of the epinotum dull, otherwise like the type." 



Pietermaritzburg, (Traegaordh). 



In the type of the species only the mesopleura are slightly shining, 

 the dorsum of the epinotum is dull, not shining, as one might infer 

 from the description of this variety. 



Race corvus, Forel. 



Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sc. Nat., vol. 16, p. 79, % §, 5, tf. 1879. 



l % 5"5-12 mm. Form extremely compact, dwarfish. The head 

 of the larger ^ is 3-8 mm. wide X 4-5 mm. long (including the 



