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metanotum opaque, densely covered with black hair ; the apex rounded ; 
scutellum not much raised above the level of the mesonotum ; temples 
broadly rounded, the occiput transverse. Female. 
Length, 14 mm. 
Doornfontein. November. 
The third joint of the antennae is fully one-quarter longer than the 
fourth. Pygidium sparsely covered with longish black hairs. 
Pompilus erythrourus Cam. 
Anoplius ( Pompilogastra ?) erythiourus Cam. — Records Albany Museum, 
i, 219. 
Frischgewaagd. January. 
Pompilus desidiosus, sp. n. 
Black ; the apical two-thirds of the hind femora and the hind tibiae 
red ; the post-scutellum and the sides of the apical slope of the metanotum 
densely covered with white pubescence ; wings fuscous-violaceous ; the 
stigma and nervures black ; the third abscissa of the radius one-fourth 
of the length of the third ; the second and third transverse cubital nervures 
broadly rounded, converging in front ; the basal two abscissae of the 
radius broadly rounded ; the third straight, oblique ; the first recurrent 
nervure is received in the apical fourth, the second in the middle of the 
cellule ; the transverse basal nervure interstitial ; the accessory nervure 
in the hind wings received shortly beyond the cubitus, almost interstitial ; 
hinder ocelli separated from e,ach other by a slightly greater distance than 
they are from the eyes ; apex of clypeus transverse ; labrum large, semi- 
circular ; the long spur of the tibiae is more than half the length of the 
metatarsus. Female. 
Length, 9 mm. 
Rietfontein. January. 
Temples very short ; the occiput not transverse ; apical slope of 
metanotum depressed in the middle, the sides broadly rounded ; claws 
bifid. 
Pompilus jansei, sp. n. 
Black ; the head, with the mandibles, except the teeth and the 
antennae, dull-red ; the prothorax more or less of a duller red ; wings 
uniformly fuscous violaceous ; the stigma and nervures black ; the first 
and third transverse cubital nervures broadly, roundly curved ; the 
recurrent nervures received in the middle of the cellules ; the transverse 
median nervure roundly curved, received distinctly beyond the transverse 
basal ; the accessory nervure in the hind wings received very shortly 
before the cubitus ; the long spur of the hind tibiae one-third of the length 
of the metatarsus ; claws bifid, the shorter claw stouter than the other. 
Female. 
Length, 12 mm. 
Waterval No. 211, Zoutpansberg District. November. 
Clypeus transverse, the apex margined ; labrum distinctly projecting ; 
hinder ocelli' separated from each other by the same distance as they are 
from the eyes ; temples broadly rounded, densely covered with a silvery 
