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converge towards each other at their top, outside them is a short, roundly 
curved keel ; the sides are bordered by a broadly rounded keel. The 
metapleurae has a distinct, crenulated, longitudinal furrow. 
CHALCTDIDAE. 
Cratocentrus, Cam. 
Cratocentrus auropilosus, sp. n. 
Black ; the antennae, lower edge of the clypeus, the lower half of the 
front and face broadly, the vertex behind the ocelli, the line broadest in 
the middle, the outer orbits narrowly, the malar space, the base and apex 
of pronotum, the latter from the apex to the crenulated ridge, more than 
the apical half of the pro-pleurae, the lower half except narrowly at the 
base, the scutellum, the mesopleurae at the base above, the mesopleural 
furrow, the base of the first abdominal segment from shortly beyond the 
slope, the basal third of the second segment, its apex narrowly and the 
ventral surface, the terminal segment except for a black triangular mark 
on the base above, extending near to the middle, the sheath of the 
ovipositor except at the apex and the legs, red ; the hind femora except 
round the top and lower edge on the outer side, black ; there are thirteen 
short, broad teeth on the hind femora, the basal one larger than 
the others. Wings hyaline, the apex clouded, the cloud rounded at the 
base ; a narrow, curved cloud runs from the stigmal branch ; the nervures 
black. The body and legs are densely covered with silvery pubescence ; 
there is a broad band of depressed golden pubescence on the basal half of 
the second segment on the sides, not extending to the central third ; the 
apical segments are also covered with golden pubescence. Female. 
Length, 9 mm. ; terebra, 4 mm. 
Pretoria. Bred. 
Head and thorax closely, rugosely punctured ; the basal slope of the 
pronotum smooth, the apex coarsely reticulated, as is also, but more 
closely, the scutellum ; the space bordering the post-scutellum and a furrow 
on the base of the metanotum crenulated ; the apex of the latter is longi- 
tudinally striated ; this striated central part is bordered by a stout roundly 
curved keel, which is continued more narrowly down the outer edge of 
the apex ; the upper outer part is densely covered with longish depressed 
silvery white pubescence ; the lower edge projects into a bluntly rounded 
reddish tooth. The mesopleural depression has the upper two-thirds 
finely closely striated, the lower part is smooth, bare, and shining. The 
lower edge of the sheath of the ovipositor is irregularly punctured. The 
apex of the scutellum below is bordered by a furrow, which projects bluntly 
in the middle and has a furrow behind it. 
