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wardly before the middle; there are 2 rounded tubercles at the base of the incision, and 

 2 more widely separated ones beyond it; there is a distinct tubercle on the top of the apical 

 slope, from which a keel runs down to near the apex, the space on either side of the 

 keel being smooth, narrowly above, broadly below. $. 



Length 18 mm. 



Kilimandjuro: Kibonoto, 1300 1900 m., June. 



Head fully as wide as the thorax; the temples long, straight, longer than the eyes 

 above, the occiput transverse; it is coarsely reticulated, more weakly on the front than 

 elsewhere, the temples more strongly than the vertex; the pubescence is while, inter- 

 mixed with long black hair on the vertex. Thorax, except in the centre of the apex, 

 coarsely longitudinally reticulated; the propleura) and metapleura? similarly reticulated; 

 the mesopleurffi with a broad smooth, oblique space, covered with depressed white 

 pubescence; the rest weakly reticulated. Basal segment of abdomen broad, smooth, the 

 apex punctured and covered with black hairs. Pygidium strongly punctured, smooth in 

 the centre. Antennal scape covered with silvery pile and more sparsely with black hair; 

 the 2nd joint of flagellum as long as the following 2 united. 



Mutilla (Dolichonmtilla) apicicarinata, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax dark red; the 2nd abdominal segment with 2 transverse oval 

 marks of white pubescence near the middle, the 3rd covered broadly on eitherside with 

 similar pubescence; the ventral keel with 2 distinct teeth, close to each other in the middle, 

 of which the basal is a little shorter than the other; the 2nd has a keel on the basal 

 half which becomes stronger towards the apex, where it projects into a blunt tooth. 

 Base of thorax almost transverse above, the sides there forming blunt tubercles; the 

 apex of the basal fourth projects, the base projects into a blunt, rounded tooth ; beyond 

 this is a slight incision, deepest at the base; beyond the incision are 2 bluntly rounded 

 tubercles, the apical of which is more sharply pointed than the basal; top of apical 

 slope almost transverse; its apex from near the top smooth, the smooth part narrowed 

 above, the keel bounding it, roundly curved outwardly, with the lower (and smaller) part 

 straight and slightly oblique; in the centre is a straight keel, which extends half way 

 down, i. e., to the end of the curved lateral keel. $. 



Length 15 mm. 



Kilimandjaro : Kibonoto, 1300 1900 m., May. 



Head, if anything, wider than the thorax, the temples longer than the eyes, the 

 occiput transverse, with the sides rounded and narrowed; coarsely rugosely punctured, 

 more or less reticulated; sparsely covered with silvery pubescence and with long black 

 hair. Middle of mandibles dark red, their apical tooth long, bluntly rounded at the 

 apex. Top of thorax coarsely reticulated-punctured, more strongly towards the apex; 

 propleurec similarly punctured, except broadly below; mesopleurse smooth, except for an 

 oblique ridge down the middle; metapleura? smooth, except at the top, on to which the 

 metanotal reticulations extend. The hair on the base, apex and ventral surface of the 



