CAMERON, POSSORES. 205 



size round the top and sides; the 2nd longitudinally, somewhat strongly striated, the 

 stri;e intermixing; the other segments punctured at the base, smooth at the apex; the 

 last longitudinally, closely reticulated, except at the apex which is transversely striated. 

 Eyes small. The thorax is hardly narrowed behind, where it is almost as wide as 

 the base. 



Comes near to M. disparimaculata, RAD. and SIGH, from Senegal; that has the 

 1st abdominal segment "armed with teeth", which is not the case with the present 

 species either above or below. 



Mutilla rotnndicollis, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax red, as wide as the head, about one half longer than wide, 

 rounded in front, truncated behind, an irregular spot near the outer edges of the apex 

 of 1st abdominal segment of white pubescence and a larger squarish one on the sides 

 of the 4th, the head and thorax above and the back of the basal 4 abdominal segments 

 covered with black, their sides, apical dorsal segments and ventral segments of abdomen 

 covered with longer white hair. Ventral keel of 1st ventral segment straight. Head 

 rounded behind, not transverse, the sides broadly rounded. $. 



Length 9 mm. 



Meru low lands, November. 



Head coarsely rugosely reticulated. 2nd joint of flagellum about one fourth longer 

 than the 3rd. Thorax above, including the top of the apical slope and the upper two- 

 thirds of the metapleurae, coarsely reticulated; the reticulations wider and rounder on the 

 apical slope than they are on the top; the apex of the apical slope finely punctured. 

 Propleurse, apical (and larger) part of mesopleurae and the lower part of metapleurse 

 smooth, the base of mesopleurse closely reticulated. Apex of 1st abdominal segment 

 above with round, the 2nd covered closely with longish interlacing punctures. Pygidium 

 closely, strongly punctured all over. On the sides of the 4th ventral segment is a patch 

 ol white silvery pubescence. The tibial spines are sparse, longish, black; the calcaria pale. 



Mutilla Parki, sp. nov. 



Black, the upper part of the thorax, the upper two-thirds of the mesopleurEe and 

 the upper part of the apical slope dark red; a large patch of pale fulvous pubescence 

 on the sides of the apex of 1st abdominal segment, a similar, but somewhat smaller 

 one on either side of the centre of the apex of the 2nd, and a broad, widely interrupted 

 band on the 3rd; the apical segment and the apices of the ventral covered with long 

 white hair; the head, upper part of the thorax and of the abdomen with longish black 

 hair. $. 



Length 17 mm. 



Kilhnandjaro: Kibonoto, culture zone, April. 



Head large, largely developed behind the eyes; from these the temples become 

 gradually wider; the occiput transverse; closely rugosely reticulated, the reticulations on 



