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uniformerly fuscous violaceous; the 2nd abscissa of the radius a little longer than 

 the 3rd. a*. 



Length 17 mm. 



Kilimandjaro : Kihonoto, cultivated region, May. 



The 3rd antennal joint below, and at the base narrowly above, is yellowish white; 

 it is about one quarter longer than the -lib. Head clearly narrower than the thorax, the 

 temples as long as the eyes, roundly obliquely narrowed, the occiput not transverse ; the 

 upper part and the temples are closely reticulated; the face has a broad, roundly nar- 

 rowed towards I he middle, longitudinal keel down eitherside of the middle. Basal half 

 of mandibles covered with white pubescence, and with longish white hair; the apex is 

 bluntly rounded. Pro- and mesonolum closely, somewhat strongly punctured; the scutel- 

 lum hardly raised above the level of the mesonotum, its apex with a broad rounded 

 slope. Propleurae smooth, the mesopleime closely reticulated. Metanotum reticulated; the 

 base with 3 area 1 , of which the central is longer than wide, narrowed towards the apex ; 

 the lateral do not reach to its apex but are much wider. The dorsal abdominal seg- 

 ments are weakly punctured; the 2nd is broadly smooth in the centre; the hypopygium 

 is stoutly keeled near the outer edges, the keels becoming stouter towards the apex; the 

 apex of the segment is obliquely sloped. 



Mutilla trichionota, sp. nov. 



Black, covered with white pubescence, long and dense on the head, pronotum, 

 pleune and base of abdomen; the basal half of metanotum densely covered with de- 

 pressed silvery white pubescence, which hides the surface; the base of basal ventral seg- 

 ment of abdomen broadly roundly dilated, the apex not reaching to its middle below 

 slightly, broadly roundly curved. Wings fuscous violaceous, lighter tinted at the base 

 and middle of the anterior, the posterior uniformly coloured ; the basal abscissa of radius 

 sharply obliquely sloped, a little longer than the 2nd, the apical abscissa roundly curved ; 

 the 1st recurrent nervure is received before the middle, near the apex of the basal third, tf. 



Length 12 mm. 



Kilimandjaro: Kihonoto, cultivated region. February. 



Head narrower than the thorax, closely rugosely punctured, broadly, roundly nar- 

 rowed behind the eyes, the space there as long as the latter. Mandibles unidentate, 

 bluntly narrowed towards the apex. The 2nd and 3rd joints of the antenna?, united, 

 are as long as the 4th, the 3rd is twice the length of the pedicle, which is wider than 

 long. Thorax about twice longer than wide, rounded at the base, the apex transverse; 

 the mesonotum is more strongly punctured than the pronotum; towards the apex the 

 punctures run into coarse reticulations. Scutellum coarsely reticulated, the basal slope 

 steep, smooth, bare and shining; the apex has a rounded, gradual slope. Metanotum 

 coarsely reticulated. Base of propleurte punctured, the middle smooth, the apex closely, 

 longitudinally striated. Mesopleura? closely, the metapleune more widely reticulated. Ab- 

 domen closely, distinctly punctured, the pygidium more coarsely than the rest, its middle 



