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femora much thickened; tibial spurs very small. Abdomen 
petiolate, the petiole three times as long as broad at apex which 
is twice as wide as the base, spiracles at the basal fourth, pro- 
jecting laterally as tubercles; sides of petiole not continuous with 
the sides of the gaster. Ovipostor slightly longer than the abdo- 
men. 
Type. M. apterus sp. nov. 
This genus differs from all other Spathiinae known to me in the 
the form of the antennae which have only 17 joints, the basal 
flagellar joints elongated and the antennae are not attenuate 
toward the tips. Otherwise its characters are so typically those 
of this group that it could not be placed elsewhere. Kieffer 1 has 
described a genus, Folchinia, from the mediterranean region which 
may be related, but unfortunately he gives no characters which 
allow of its being placed in any subfamily. 
I have a second species which is probably congeneric, but 
the antennae are broken off near the base. It was sent me some 
years ago by Dr. Hans Brauns, collected at Bothaville, Cape 
Colony. 
Metaspathius apterus sp. nov. 
9 . Length 2mm. Fusco-ferruginous, the gaster and tips 
of antennae piceous. Head above smooth and shining, highly 
convex and broadly rounded on the sides, with the eyes placed 
very far forward; above the eyes on the front are a few hori- 
zontal striae and the very small ocellar space is indicated by 
minute hyaline points. Frontal projection like that of Belytid, 
as broad as the width of the eye. Face shagreened, clypeus 
shining; palpi yellowish white, slender. Eyes very small, nearly 
circular, bare, no wider than the thickness of the antennal scape. 
Scape two and one half times as as long, as thick, pedicel small, 
globular; first flagellar joint as long as the width of the head; 
more than six times as long as thick; second and third each three 
fourths as long as the preceeding, following growing shorter, but 
each more than twice as long as thick; tip of flagellum as thick 
as the base. Protliorax above as long as the mesonotum, reti- 
culate. Mesonotum areolate, but without parapsidal furrows. 
lAnn. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, vol. 30, pc. 2, p. 11 (19C5) 
