Annals of the Tkansvaal Museum, 
201 
the palpi white ; wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black, the basal 
nervures at the base and the transverse basal nervure testaceous ; teguiae 
black. Densely covered with a white pile. Female. 
Length, 3*5 mm. 
Pretoria. October. 
Antennae sixteen- join ted, as long as the head and thorax united. 
The upper inner orbits with a closely longitudinally striated border ; the 
sides of the face closely obliquely striated. Mesonotum finely, closely 
punctured, the apical half in the centre reticulated, the reticulations square. 
Scutellum closely, minutely punctured, the basal furrow crenulated. Meta- 
no turn and pleurae alutaceous, the former more strongly than the latter ; 
there is a keel down its centre. Base and middle of abdomen striated, 
the latter more closely and finely than the former. Basal two abscissae 
of radius equal in length, thicker than the third ; the cubitus is roundlv 
curved, bullated at the base, the transverse cubital nervure is bullated 
in front. 
Allied to C. curvimaculatus , Cam. (Annals South African Museum, 
V, 34), from which it may be known by the red scape and legs. 
Gastrotheca trimaculata, sp. n. 
Rufo-testaceous ; the stemmaticum, the hinder part of the vertex 
and the occiput black, the whole forming one mark and three large marks 
on the mesonotum, black ; wings slightly, but distinctly tinged with 
fuscous, the base paler, more yellowish in tint, the stigma and nervures 
black. Female. 
Length, 5 mm. 
“ Cape ” is the locality noted on the specimen. Face shagreened, the 
front and vertex smooth, the mesonotum finely punctured, the scutellum 
more finely punctured ; the metanotum with a shallow furrow down the 
middle. Abdomen closely, distinctly, longitudinally striated, the striae 
interlacing ; the terminal spines four times longer than wide, straight, 
of almost equal width ; separated by a wider space than the outer edge, 
which is serrate. The second abscissa of the radius is fully three times 
longer than the first. 
Allied to G. furcata, Guer., which may be known from it by there 
being no black on the hinder part of the head and only two black lines 
on the mesonotum. 
Gastrotheca melanocera, sp. n. 
Rufo-testaceous ; the head, except the centre of the vertex, paler, 
more yellowish in tint ; the apex of abdomen broadly infuscated, the 
antennae, stemmaticum, tips of mandibles and claws black ; wings hyaline, 
largely and deeply tinged with fuscous, the costa and stigma deep black, 
the nervures of a lighter black colour, the nervures testaceous, the apical 
darker in tint. Female. 
Length, 5 mm. 
Lemana (Zoutpansberg District). October. 
Rather densely covered with short fulvous pubescence. Face, oral 
region and malar space paler, more yellowish in tint than the rest of the 
