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ceous, the nervures black, the basal abscissa of the radius twice the length of the 2nd; 

 the 3rd as long as Ihc 1st. The 1st recurrent nervure received near the base of the 

 apical third of the cellule. Ventral keel broad, slightly dilated at the apex, which is, as 

 is also the base, obliquely sloped. Antennal tubercles and middle of mandibles red. 

 The 2nd antennal joint broader than long, short; the 3rd is almost as long as the 4th. 

 Thorax rounded at the base and apex. Head rounded broadly behind. The whole body 

 strongly punctured, except the metathorax which is closely reticulated; the pubescence is 

 white, and is longer on the scutellum and base of abdomen than elsewhere. Pygidium 

 strongly, the hypopygium less strongly and closely punctured, the sides rounded, o 71 . 



Length 7 mm. 



Mcru low lands, December. 



The 1st abdominal segment is as long as it is wide at Ihe apex; the 2nd has 

 the sides broadly rounded. 



Mutilla pnlchridecorata, sp. nov. 



Black, the basal three abdominal segments bright red, except the basal slope of 

 the 1st and a broad line in the centre of the 3rd; covered somewhat Ihickly with longish 

 white hair; the pronotum, basal half of metanotum, the apices of the abdominal seg- 

 ments fringed with white pubescence and with white pile; the basal half of the 2nd with 

 depressed white pile; wings fuscous violaceous, the basal fourth hyaline; the basal abscissa 

 of radius one fourth of the length of the 2nd and a little longer than the 3rd; both the 

 recurrent nervures are received beyond the middle of the cellules. Scutellum large, 

 triangularly conical, the basal slope smooth in the middle, tf. 



Length 12 mm. 



KiUmaiidjaro: Kibonoto, cultivated zone, April, November. 



Head as wide as the thorax, the temples short, broadly narrowed; there are 2 

 rounded tubercles on either end of the base of the mandibles, and a distinct tooth, 

 rounded at the apex, in the centre of the face shortly below its middle. Malar space 

 one third of the length of the eyes. The puncturation on the head is close and strong; 

 it is still stronger on the mesonotum and scutellum; the metanotum closely reticulated; 

 the basal half with 2 curved keels which converge towards the apex, but do not touch 

 there; in the centre, between them, is a straight keel. Propleune punctured above, the 

 apex, from near the top, with a row of longitudinal fovete with sharp edges. Mela- 

 pleurae strongly, closely punctured-reticulated; the upper part of the inetapleurre widely 

 reticulated to the middle, which is smooth; the lower part has round punctures. The 

 abdominal segments closely punctured, smooth in the centre. There is a curved, strongly 

 punctured depression on eitherside of the apical half of the hypopygium; the pygidium 

 is strongly punctured, with a straight line down the middle. 



Mill ilia amabilis, sp. uov. 



Black, the abdomen, except the apex of the penultimate above and the apical all 

 round, red, the front broadly in (lie centre, the apical half of the pronotum, the basal 



