226 Z. BOUCEK 



The lectotype of L. nyassica is selected from two original females, the one collected 

 in July, 1898; the other, in March, 1898, labelled as paralectotype. I believe 

 that it is the same species as the holotype of M. bilineatum, a male, although in 

 the latter the hind femur is not so broad (Text-fig. 260). L. nyassica was rightly 

 recognized as a Micrapion already by Steffan (1948). 



M. bilineatum, as in all species of this genus, is fairly variable and this makes 

 it difficult to be sure about the range of variation and consequently, about the 

 validity of the species. I hope to have found a relatively good character of 

 bilineatum in the relatively broad hind femur (in combination with the gaster 

 characters). The femur is, in the specimens examined, 1-58-1-77 times as long as 

 broad (teeth included). The relatively short ovipositor, with reposing sheaths 

 completely hidden in their furrow which is not distinctly marked by auricles, 

 has sheaths 0-76-0-82 times as long as hind tibia. 9 5-7 mm, $ 5-6 mm. 



Biology. No host known. 



Distribution. Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Angola, 

 South Africa, ? South West Africa (slightly aberrant specimen). 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



Zaire: Lubumbashi (= Elisabethville), 28.V.1931, 1 9 (De Loose) (MRAC, 

 Tervuren). Kenya: Naivasha, ix.1939, 1 $ (H. J. A. Turner) (BMNH); Rabai 

 nr Mombasa, viii. 1930, 1 9. 1 c? (van Someren) (BMNH). Tanzania: Lumbira 

 (= Langenburg), hi. 1898, 1 9> paralectotype of L. nyassica, (Fiilleborn) (MNHU, 

 Berlin). Zambia: 85 mis W. of Cariba Gorge, 24.vi.1918, 1 $ (Silverlock) (BMNH). 

 Rhodesia: Umtali, hi. 1957 1 9 (N. L. H. Krauss) (BMNH). Angola: Mocamedes, 

 Sala, 1 <$ (RNH, Leiden). South Africa: Transvaal, Louis Trichardt, iv. 1932, 

 1 9 (J. Ogilvie) (SAM, Cape Town); Zululand, Mfongosi, xii. 1916, 1 9 (W. E. Jones) 

 (SAM, Cape Town); Gigindhlovu, 15.vi.1926, 1 $ (R. E. Turner) (BMNH); Otterford 

 Forestry Reserve, Hankey Area, xii. 1967, 1 $ (B. & P. Stuckenberg) (NM, 

 Pietermaritzburg) ; Pondoland, Port St. Johns, v. 1923, 1924, 1 9. * <S (R- E. 

 Turner) (BMNH); Grahamstown, xii.-iv. 1958-1961, 4 $ (J acot-Guillarmod & 

 E. McC. Callan) (AM, Grahamstown; BMNH); Resolution nr Grahamstown, 

 8.1.1929, 1 $ [A. Walton) (TM, Pretoria); Algoa Bay, i6.i.-28.ii.i898, 8 $, 1 <J 

 (Brauns) (TM, Pretoria & BMNH). South West Africa: Kaoko Otavi, hi. 1926, 

 1 ? (Mus. Expect) (SAM, Cape Town). 



Micrapion steffani sp. n. 



(Text-figs 15, 267-269) 



9- 6-0-8-5 mm. Black but usually with following parts red: lateral and anterior margins 

 of pronotum, mesepimerum, partly metapleurum, propodeum, first tergite at least posteriorly 

 and apex of hind coxa; whitish yellow are: two cross-lines on pronotum (anterior one shorter, 

 both usually interrupted), two submedian spots and lateral streaks on mesoscutum, hind margin 

 of scutellum, cross-band on fourth tergite interrupted medially, on fifth tergite subtriangular 



