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long. Mandibles rufopiceous. Mesonotum and scutellum longi- 
tudinally rugose, sub-shining, no trace of parapsidal furrows. 
Metathorax finely reticulate. Abdomen as long as the head and 
thorax together, entire dorsum longitudinally aciculate ; segments 
three and four each one-half longer than the second. Venter 
more or less rufous. Pleurae rugose, the mesopleural piece more 
or less striated. Legs black, the four anterior tibiae and the tarsi, 
rufous. Wings reaching almost to the tip of the abdomen; the 
submarginal vein visible only at the middle ; stigma subobsolete 
or not developed, no stigmal vein. Basal half of wing hyaline, 
with a semi-circular hyaline spot on the anterior margin, half way 
between the stigma and the wing tip, also sometimes a less evident 
spot posteriorly nearer the wing tip. Hind wings hyaline. 
Five female specimens, Algoa Bay, Capland, January 22, 
November 29 and December 11, 1896 (Dr. Brauns). 
This species is a typical Scelio, rather remarkable on account 
of its pictured wings, in which character it resembles the following 
species. 
SCEUO niTEns sp. nov. 
Female. Length 3.75-4.25 mm. Shining, bluish black, every- 
where sparsely pale hairy. Anterior legs pale rufous. Wings 
marked with fuscous. Head scarcely twice as wide as thick ; sur- 
face polished on the vertex, with a few scattered punctures ; central 
part of face and cheeks rugulose, more or less striate at the base 
of the antennas. Mandibles rufous. Antennae black, the tip of 
the pedicel yellowish. Flagellum one and one-half times as long 
as the scape. Pedicel as long as the first and second joints of the 
flagellum together, the second two-thirds as long as the first. 
Third and following enlarging to the club which is indistinctly 
7-jointed, equal; the club joints two and one-half times as wide 
as long, the last triangular. Collar, mesonotum, and scutellum 
polished blue-black, with a few scattered punctures ; the scutellum 
with a submarginal groove and a raised margin. Parapsidal 
furrows wanting. Metanotum longitudinally rugose, gradually 
sloping to the petiole. Abdomen shining, the dorsal surface 
longitudinally aciculate, more weakly so toward tip ; third and 
fourth segments subequal, fifth and second subequal, each two- 
thirds the length of the third. Anterior legs, including coxae, 
yellowish brown, the femora darker above ; middle legs, including 
coxae fuscous ; posterior coxae and femora piceous, tibiae and tarsi 
rufous. Pleurae finely rugose, the mesopleural piece smooth and 
polished, except for several striae below. Wings reaching to the 
