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the rest. Abdomen distinctly puncture.'*:], the punctures becoming weaker towards the 

 apex; (lie 2nd dorsal segment has a large smooth space in the middle, the punctures 

 being also sparser round this part. Teguhe smooth, punctured in front. 



As 1 am not certain of this species being truly Icucopyyu (= opacu, LEP. and 

 clutrttxcus, SM. (',!'. ANDKK, Xeil. I. Hymen, und Dipter. 1902, p. 22, and Ann. d. Mus. 

 Civico di Sloria Nat. di Geneva (3), I, 230). I give a description of it. 



Mutilla mlana, sp. nov. 



Black, the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments red, the pubescence long, white; the 

 front and face broadly in the centre, the temples, mesopleura? and basal half of meta- 

 notum densely covered with depressed silvery pubescence, mixed with longer white hairs. 

 Wings hyaline, iridescent, slightly tinged with violaceous at the apex; the 2nd abscissa 

 of radius a little longer than the 3rd; the basal is shorter. Scutellum conically, trian- 

 gularly raised, the basal (and shorter) slope roundly curved, the apical straight, oblique; 

 the basal upper half with a broad, smooth shining keel in the centre. Ventral keel stout, 

 prominent, roundly bluntly curved below, tf. 



Length 14 mm. 



Mem low lands, Ngare na nyuki, January. 



Head narrow, not quite so wide as the thorax, hardly so wide as the thorax, 

 weakly, not closely punctured, the space bordering the ocelli smooth. 3rd joint of an- 

 tenme below as long as the 4th Mesonotum not strongly, but not very closely punctured, 

 the scutellum more closely, rugosely punctured. Metanotum closely reticulated. Propleune 

 smooth at the base above, below punctured, the rest closely somewhat strongly striated. 

 Mesopleurse closely, rugosely reticulated. Apical part of metapleune widely reticulated, 

 the base smooth above, punctured below. Mandibles long, narrow, edentate, gradually 

 narrowed towards the apex. 



Mutilla hellotia, sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with black pubescence; a spot on the apex of the 1st ab- 

 dominal segment and an interrupted band covering the 3rd of depressed white pubes- 

 cence; the ventral segments broadly on the apex and the pygidium and penultimate 

 segment covered with longish white hair; the ventral keel with a sharp-pointed, longish 

 conical tooth between the middle and apex. Scutellum broadly rounded, not much raised 

 above the mesonolum; the metanotum with a distinct keel extending from the base to 

 the top of the apical slope, the part on either side of it being free from reticulations, 

 especially at the base. Wings uniformly dark fuscous violaceous, the nervures black; the 

 2nd abscissa of radius a little shorter than the 3rd; tegula? large, curled up at the apex, 

 punctured, more weakly and less closely at the base than elsewhere, a 71 . 



Length 22 mm. 



Mcru low lands, Ngare na nyuki, January. Usambartt: Tanga, June. 



Head narrower than the thorax; the temples clearly longer than the eyes, not 

 much narrowed, a little rounded; closely reticulated, except before and behind (he ocelli; 



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