Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Iphianlax varipalpis, Cam. 
Annals South African Museum, V, 49. 
Lemana (Zoutpansberg District). October. 
Vipio transvaalensis , sp. n. 
Rufous ; the head paler, brighter in tint, the antennae, tips of man- 
dibles, trophi, stemmaticum, a broad line, twice wider than long, on the 
base of mesonotum, a narrower longer one on the sides, continued on to 
the base of scutellum, the apical slope of metanotum largely, the meso- 
sternum, the under side of the fore femora and apical joint of the trochanters, 
black ; wings fuscous, an oblique hyaline irregular cloud in the first cubital 
cellule continued as a small roundish cloud beyond the cubitus on the 
outer side of the recurrent nervure, the stigma and nervures black, the 
base of the stigma testaceous. Male. 
Length, 10 mm. ; terebra, 17 mm. 
Kranspoort (Pretoria District). December. 
Front and vertex smooth, shining, the face finely sparsely punctured. 
Mesonotum and apical half of scutellum with large, widely separated 
punctures ; the scutellar basal furrow crenulated. Metanotum closelv 
and slightly more strongly punctured than the mesonotum. Pleurae 
smooth, the apex of metapleural weakly punctured. Abdomen with the 
basal four segments closely rugosely punctured, the punctures becoming 
weaker from the first ; the triangular area on the second and third is more 
finely punctured, especially on the inner side. The oblique furrows and 
the first transverse one are crenulated ; there is a narrow smooth one on 
the apex of the third segment. There is a not very clearly defined keel 
down the middle of the metanotum. 
In the table of the South African species of Vipio , I have given in the 
Annals of the South African Museum, V, 59 and 60, this species would 
run near to Vipio longicandis, Cam., with which it cannot be confounded, 
e.g. the ovipositor in the latter is 30 mm. long. 
Vipio melanopus, sp. n. 
Rufous ; the antennae, tips of mandibles, trophi, stemmaticum, 
three marks on the mesonotum, the anterior conical, not much longer 
than it is wide at the base, the lateral longer, extending from the base to 
the apex, the sides and apex of the scutellum broadly, the mesosternum, 
the greater part of the mesopleurae and the greater part of the legs, black ; 
wings fuscous, with the usual hyaline spots at the base of the stigma ; the 
stigma and nervures black. Female. 
Length, 7 mm. ; terebra, 17 mm. 
Pleisieskloof (Pretoria District). 22nd December. 
Head smooth, the sides of the face broadly, weakly, but distinctly, 
punctured. Mesonotum strongly, sparsely punctured, except in the centre 
at the apex, where the puncturation is much closer. The scutellum has a 
few scattered punctures in the centre of the apex, where there is a central 
keel. Metanotum closely, strongly punctured, a furrow with a keel in 
the middle down its centre. Pro- and meso-pleurae smooth, the meta- 
pleurae punctured, but much less strongly than the metanotum. Basal 
