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punctured, the apical segment more strongly and closely so and 

 ferruginous at its apex. 



Hah. Natal. 



4. Tiphia rugosa. 



Female. Length 6| lines. — Black ; the head and pro- and mesothorax 

 coarsely punctured, the abdomen rather finely so, the wings dark 

 fuscous. The antennae fulvous beneath, the mandibles obscurely 

 ferruginous. The hinder margin of the prothorax smooth and 

 shining ; the metathorax semiopaque, and having three longitudinal 

 carinas, the lateral ones slightly converging to the verge of the 

 truncation ; the anterior tarsi and the apex of the joints of the 

 intermediate and posterior pairs rufo-testaceous. The punctures 

 on the third and following segments of the abdomen oblong and 

 with a tendency to run into striae. 



Hah. Zulu. 



5. Tiphia penetratrix. 



Male. Length 2^ lines. — Black and punctured, with ferruginous 

 antennae. The face closely punctured, the vertex more distinctly 

 so and shining ; the scape black ; the mandibles ferruginous. The 

 pro- and mesothorax punctured ; the metathorax with three sub- 

 parallel carinae ; the sides delicately aciculate ; wings hyaline and 

 iridescent, the nervures testaceous, the stigma black ; the anterior 

 and intermediate tibiae and tarsi, and the posterior at the apex of 

 the joints, pale ferruginous. Abdomen smooth and shining, pube- 

 scent towards the apex. 



Hob. Sierra Leone. 



6. Tiphia solitaria. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, the abdomen very smooth and 

 shining, and having only a few delicate scattered punctures : wings 

 f us co-hyaline, clear towards their base. Head closely punctured, 

 the pro- and mesothorax less closely so ; the metathorax impunc- 

 tate, and having three subparallel carinae ; the anterior tibiae 

 ferruginous in front, and the apical joints of the tarsi rufo- 

 testaceous. 



Hah. Ega, on the Amazons. 



This is probably the male of T. parallela. 





7. Tiphia parallela. 



Female. Length 5-6^ lines. — Black and shining, punctured, ex- 

 cept the metathorax above, which has three longitudinal parallel 



