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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
ON THE ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA COLLECTED BY 
MR. A. J. T. JANSE, NORMAL COLLEGE, 
PRETORIA, IN THE TRANSVAAL. 
By P. Cameron. 
In this paper I have, with the exception of a few critical species left over 
for further examination, enumerated and described the Aculeate Hymen- 
optera collected by Mr. A. J. T. Janse, chiefly in the neighbourhood of 
Pretoria (Transvaal). The number of new species is large, a fact not to 
be wondered at considering how little we know about the hymenoptera, 
as a whole, of Cape Province and of the Transvaal. As it is, the collection 
does not contain many species already recorded from the Transvaal. Thus, 
for example, Col. C. T. Bingham, in his paper in the Annals and Magazine 
of Natural History, September, 1902, pp. 210, 211, records six species of 
Bembex from the Transvaal, besides two from Nyassaland, while Mr. 
Janse has only captured three species. There are also numerous widely 
distributed species enumerated by Col. Bingham which have not yet been 
taken by Mr. Janse. Nevertheless, Mr. Janse’s collection, comparatively 
small though it is, forms a very valuable and welcome addition to our 
knowledge of the South African hymenopterous fauna. 
In recording the known species I have, to save space, given only the 
reference to the original description, and to the works or papers wherein 
their African distribution is given. 
TIPHIIDAE. 
Tiphia Fab. 
Tiphia tmnsvaalensis , sp. n. 
Black mandibles ; the apex of antennal scape, the flagellum, except 
above towards the apex, the tegulae, apex of femora narrowly, and the 
tibiae and tarsi rufous, the apex of the coxae and trochanters more or less 
rufous ; wings hyaline, very iridescent ; the stigma and nervus black, 
the stigma of a deeper black than the nervures. Head, antennal scape, 
body, and legs covered with stiff long white hairs. Metanotum with 
three keels, the outer slightly converging towards the apex, finely, 
closely shagreened. Female. 
Length, 7 mm. 
Vertex sparsely, irregularly, the front closely and more strongly 
punctured. Face and clypeus above shagreened, the apex of the latter 
smooth. Basal slope of pronotum shagreened, the rest with scattered 
punctures, especially in the middle. The mesonotum and scutellum are 
more strongly punctured. The post-scutellum bears smaller scattered 
punctures. Mesopleura with widely scattered punctures, except the 
apex, which is finely, closely punctured. Propleurae impunctate, smooth, 
and shining. Metapleurae closely, obliquely striated. Abdomen finely 
punctured, the punctures becoming closer and stronger towards the- 
apex ; the apical half of the last segment piceous and smooth. 
