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four segments of the abdomen closely, strongly, almost rugosely punctured, 
less strongly so on the sides of the second at the base and still less strongly 
and more shining on the sides of the third ; the oblique furrows on the 
third are clearly defined and straight. The knees, apical half of middle 
femora, the greater part of the posterior and the basal half of the middle 
tibiae below are rufous. Pubescencee on thorax, including metanotum, 
white. 
In my table, l. c. supra, this species runs to maculiceps, which has 
the head maculate with black. 
Vipio (?) pallidiventris, sp. n. 
Rufo- testaceous ; the ventral surface pallid yellow, the antennae, 
stemmaticum, almost the apical half of the mandibles, a wide mark, almost 
twice longer than wide, rounded at the base, transverse at the apex, towards 
which it becomes gradually, but not much, narrowed ; on the middle 
lobe, a longer, narrower one, obliquely narrowed towards the apex, on 
the lateral lobes, the marks reaching to the base of the stigma, a line on 
the sides of the mesosternum, transverse on the inner, rounded on the 
outer side, the apex rounded and clearly separated, a large mark, twice 
longer than wide, on the apical three-fourths of the first abdominal segment, 
reaching to the apex, a mark, fully three times longer than it is wide at 
the base, it becoming gradually narrowed towards the apex on the second, 
and two longish triangular marks on the third, fourth, and fifth segments ; 
the first to fifth and the basal half of the sixth, closely longitudinally 
striated. The metanotum with a large ovoid belt of irregular longitudinal 
striae, the base and apex being free from them ; the metapleurae punc- 
tured, the punctures clearly separated and distinct. Antennae longer 
than the body, the third joint not much shorter than the fourth. Wings 
hyaline, the apex slightly clouded, the stigma fuscous on the front, livid 
testaceous on the posterior half. Male. 
Length, 8 mm. 
Groenvlei (Pretoria District). January. 
This is not a typical Vipio ; the abdominal segments, for example, 
want the oblique furrows ; the trophi appear to be different, being 
apparently as in Bracon, but I am not certain about this and, having only 
a single specimen, I do not care to dissect it. The general form of the 
body and the neuration are as in Vipio, including the short radial cellule. 
The apical abscissa of the radius is longer than the basal two united ; the 
second is one-fourth longer than the first ; the first transverse cubital 
nervure is obliquely sloped, so that the second cubital cellule is much 
narrowed in front. 
Bacuma, Cam. 
Bacuma rufa, sp. n. 
Rufous ; the antennae, the face, front, the vertex to the fore half 
of the temples, the centre behind continued down the occiput as a triangle, 
mandibles and the mesonotum, black ; wings fuscous, a somewhat tri- 
angular cloud behind the transverse basal and transverse median nervure 
