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abdomen broad, cup-shaped, projecting laterally at the base, obliquely narrowed at the 

 base below, without teeth. Tibi;e with a few short stumpy tubercles above, the lower 

 part with 4 longish fulvous spines; the calcaria white; the apex of tarsal joints with 

 bright fulvous red spines. $. 



Length 9 mm. - Usamlara: Mombo, June. 



The head, thorax and abdomen above are covered sparsely with long black hair; 

 the hair on the base and apex of the abdomen above, and on the apices of the ventral 

 segments is white. The antenme long and slender; the 3rd joint is longer than the 

 following 2 united, and is thin compared with the following joints. Mandibles dark red 

 iu the middle; the apex blunt, rounded. Palpi dark fuscous. 



Mutilla fnscipalpis, sp. nov. 



Black, the vertex and mesonotum dull red; an oval spot of white pubescence 

 shortly behind the middle of the 2nd abdominal segment; the 3rd and 4th segments 

 with broad, transverse spots of similar pubescence; the pygidium brownish red, covered 

 with pale hair, the sides not margined; the 2nd ventral segment with a distinct, trian- 

 gular tooth at the base. Head large, the temples large, much longer than the eyes; the 

 occiput widely incised, the sides of the incision straight, obliquely converging towards 

 the apex, distinctly keeled laterally. Base of thorax narrowed into a clearly separated 

 neck, the sides 01 which are curved; from the apex of the neck the sides become gra- 

 dually widened towards the apex; they are armed with 5 small, but distinct, teeth, the 

 1st being at the base, the 5th at the apex; there is a small tubercle between the 3rd 

 and -i-th, these being more widely separated than the others. Mesonotum closely, longi- 

 tudinally striated; the apical slope shining, smooth. Abdomen longish, oval, as long as 

 the head and thorax united, a little wider than the thorax, but not so wide as the 

 head, the basal segment smooth and shining, the others opaque, alutaceous; the pygi- 

 dium smooth. Tibiae with longish, stout spines; the calcaria and the tarsal spines white. 

 The 3rd joint of the antennae is slender and is nearly as long as the following 

 3 united. $. 



Length 7 mm. 



Meru low lands, 25th November. 



The mandibles are long, dark red in the middle, and end in a long, rounded at 

 the apex, clearly separated tooth. Antennal tubercles compressed, large, triangular, the 

 top black, the rest red; from the lower part of the eyes a keel runs obliquely towards 

 them; it ends in a smooth knob. The top of the apex of the thorax is armed with 

 short, stumpy teeth, with a larger and longer tooth in the centre. The 1st ventral segment 



straight, indistinctly toothed. 



Mutilla Yiigvei, sp. nov. 



Black, the mesonotum, except round the edges, dull red, the 2nd ventral segment 

 entirely and the sides of the 2nd dorsal red ; the 2nd dorsal with 2 large spots of golden 

 red pubescence, which extend from the base to the basal fourth of the segment, converging 



