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the middle and with a short but distinct stump on the outer side of the 
angle ; it is received shortly beyond the middle of the areolet, which is 
narrowed in front, the nervures almost meeting there ; the transverse 
median nervure is received shortly beyond the transverse basal. Head, 
thorax (especially the upper part), and legs densely covered with white 
pubescence. The areola is clearly longer than wide, the base open, the 
apex rounded inwardly, the sides outwardly, the inside in the centre 
■irregularly longitudinally, the sides irregularly transversely striated. Head 
and thorax strongly, closely punctured, the metathorax more strongly 
than the rest, the scutellum less closely than the mesonotum, with its 
base smooth. Female. 
Length, 11 mm. 
Fountains (Pretoria). April. 
Basal three segments of the abdomen closely punctured, the first 
more strongly than the second, the latter than the third, which is weakly 
punctured at the apex. Gastracoeli deep, strongly striated ; the part 
between them is more strongly striated than the rest of the segment. 
Holcichneumon, gen . nov. 
Clypeus transverse, armed in the centre with two small teeth or 
tubercles. Labrum prominent. Scutellum not raised above the meso- 
notum, its sides stoutly keeled, furrowed inside the keels ; both are 
separated at the apex. Metathorax broadly rounded, regularly areolated ; 
the areola longish, the basal half of equal width, the apical obliquely 
narrowed ; the basal area almost square, of equal width ; the spiracles 
longish, linear. Areolet four-angled, the transverse cubital nervures meeting 
in front ; disco-cubital nervure broken by a stump ; the transverse median 
nervure received shortly beyond the transverse basal. Post-petiole smooth ; 
it becomes gradually widened towards the apex ; gastracoeli moderately 
large and deep ; the seventh segment is as long as the sixth. Tarsi closely 
spinose beneath and with longer spines on the apex. Antennae dilated 
towards the apex. Ventral keel on segments 2-4. 
Characteristic of this genus are the transverse, bituberculate clypeus 
and the "scutellum deeply grooved laterally* 
Holcichneumon testaccus, sp. n. 
Testaceous, the orbits narrowly bordered with yellow, the face, clypeus, 
mandibles, malar space, and pleurae tinged with yellow ; the tips of man- 
dibles, stemmaticum and two broad lines on the mesonotum, commencing 
near the base and extending to the apex, black, the lines on the mesonotum 
bordered with pale yellow ; legs coloured like the body, the hind tibiae 
infuscated, their tarsi black. Flaggellum of antennae black, the apex 
infuscated, the eleventh to seventeenth joints white. Covered with a 
white pile ; the head and thorax closely punctured, the scutellums 
smooth ; the lateral furrows on the scutellum deep, bordered outwardly 
by stout keels which do not meet behind. Areola fully one-half longer 
than wide, the apical half narrowed, the base transverse, the apex rounded 
inwardly ; the basal area large, almost square, being of equal width. 
