On soine African species of the Subfamilies Exothecinee etc. 435 



The sides of abdorrten, 2 nd abdominal, the base of the 

 3 rd above and the ventral surface black; parapsidal 

 furrows indistinct, the black colour in stigma commenc- 

 ing distinctly beyond the base of the radius. maculiceps 

 The abdomen entirely without black, the parapsidal 

 furrows distinct, the black colour in stigma commencing 

 at the base of the radius ......... lutea 



Aphrastobraconince. 



Odesia äecemmaculata, sp. nov. 



Luteous, the antennal scape, ocellar region, large Spots 

 on the 3 lobes of mesonotum, the l st abdominal segment, 

 a mark broad at the base (but not quite so broad as the 

 segment), narrowed gradually towards the apex, where it is 

 about one third of the width of the base, extending from 

 the base to near the apex, and a triangulär spot — the 

 narrowed end at the apex of the segment — on the sides 

 of the 3 rd and 4 th , and the mesosternum, black; wings 

 hyaline, the stigma pale testaceous, the nervures and costa 

 of a darker testaceous colour. Basal 4 abdominal segments 

 closely, irregularly longitudinally striated, the strise becom- 

 ing gradually finer and more or less intertwining. $ 



Length 9 mm; terebra 17 mm. 



Lydenburg, Transvaal (F. Wilms). 



The transverse median nervure is received shortly, but 

 distinctly before the transverse basal; the recurrent nervure 

 shortly before the transverse cubital, which is distinctly 

 obliquely sloped; the basal 2 abscissse of the radius are 

 almost equal in length. Metanotum densely covered with 

 white pubescence; the l st transverse furrow wide, moderately 

 deep, striated; there is a smooth, narrow furrow on the 

 base of the 4 th , beyond which is a curved, crenulated one. 

 Hypopygium large, cultriform, projecting. Pro- and meso- 

 pleurse smooth and shining, the metapleurse and metanotum 

 shagreened. The abdominal segments are not keeled. 



The type of the genus (longicornis, Cam., Ann. South 

 Af. Mus., V, 80) has only 2 black marks on the mesonotum 



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