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Mutilla basiornata, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax except ventrally, red, the basal segment of the abdomen with a 

 pale fulvous hair spot on eitherside, similar spots, but nearer the middle, on the apex 

 of the 2nd, and a broad interrupted band of fulvous pubescence on the 3rd abdominal 

 segment; the apical segment covered with longish silvery hair; basal ventral segment 

 neither keeled nor toothed. Head large, wider than the thorax; the temples twice the 

 length of the eyes; the occiput transverse, the sides broadly rounded. Thorax twice 

 longer than wide, the base rounded, the apex transverse; near the middle, on the sides, 

 are 2 blunt, indistinct tubercles; near the centre is a short tooth, narrowed and rounded 

 towards the apex; from it the thorax becomes slightly, gradually narrowed towards 

 the apex. $. 



Length 1011 mm. 



K'ilimaniljaro : Kibonoto, May. 



Head and upper part of the thorax coarsely reticulated, the apex of the metanotum 

 smooth, the reticulations above this smooth space smaller than they are above. Pro- 

 pleurae coarsely reticulated above, weakly below; the mesopleurse smooth, the apex 

 weakly reticulated; the basal half of metapleurre smooth, the apical reticulated, more 

 weakly than the metanotum. Basal slope of 1st abdominal segment somewhat strongly, 

 the apex more weakly punctured; the base of the 2nd segment distinctly punctured; the 

 rest of the segment more or less striated, the striae running into each other. Apical 

 segment broad, triangular, punctured at the base. 



Mutilla Spekei, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax above and the upper two-thirds of the pleurae red; a broad 

 band on the sides of the 1st abdominal segment, a slightly smaller one on eitherside of 

 the centre of the 2nd, and a broader one - - broader than the black central part - - of 

 pale golden depressed pubescence on the 3rd, the apices of the ventral segments and 

 the pygidium covered with long white hair as is also the base of the 1st dorsal segment; 

 the rest of the latter and the other segments bearing black hair as do also the head 

 and the upper part of the thorax. Head large, the temples rounded, not narrowed, 

 distinctly longer than the eyes; the occiput transverse; it is clearly longer than the thorax, 

 and is somewhat coarsely longitudinally striated-reticulated. Thorax about two- and a 

 half times longer than wide; above it is coarsely longitudinally reticulated; on the top 

 of the apical slope the reticulations are wider and larger, except at the bottom. Pleurae 

 smooth ; the pro- and metapleurse with round punctures above. First abdominal segment 

 broad at the base; the apex punctured; the ventral keel straight; the 2nd segment is 

 closely longitudinally striated, the striae more or less interwoven; its ventral surface 

 strongly closely punctured, its base rounded. 



This species has the colouration of M. basiornata CAM. described in this paper; 

 the latter may be known from it by the longer, narrower thorax, which becomes nar- 



