224 SJOSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 8: 7. 



half of the metanotum and the mesopleura? densely covered with depressed silvery pubes- 

 cence; the rest of the head and thorax clothed, not very densely, with white, the meso- 

 notum densely covered with short black stiff hair. The 3rd antennal joint is not much 

 longer than the 4th. Basal 3 abscissa? of radius equal in length. Wings hyaline, the 

 apex slightly tinged with violaceous. Temples roundly narrowed, a 71 . 



Length 10 mm. 



Mern low lands, Ngare na nyuki, January. 



Face broadly raised, densely haired. Clypeus broadly depressed in the centre, the 

 sides broadly raised. Mesonotum with distinct, complete parapsidal furrows, strongly 

 punctured, with the punctures distinctly separated; the scutellum is more closely rugosely 

 punctured. Metanotum strongly reticulated ; short, the apex almost transverse. Pro- 

 pleime with distinct punctures at the base and apex above, the middle strongly obliquely 

 striated. Central part of mesopleura? closely reticulated-punctured, the base and apex 

 smooth; the base of metapleura? smooth, except for a few punctures below, the rest 

 reticulated. Apex of legate covered with silvery pubescence. 



Mutilla ruhama, sp. nov. 



Black, the 2nd and 3rd segments entirely and the 4th broadly on the sides above 

 and entirely below, the black central portion being narrower than the lateral and widened 

 gradually towards the apex, red; wings almost hyaline to near the transverse basal 

 nervure, fuscous-violaceous beyond it; the 1st and 3rd abscissa? of the radius equal in 

 length, the 2nd a little shorter; the 1st recurrent nervure is received very shortly beyond 

 the middle of the cellule, the 2nd nearer the apex. Ventral keel with a short, blunt 

 tooth near the base, and a sharper, narrower and longer one on the apex. Clypeus with 

 a blunt, distinct tooth on the outer edge of the apex. The mandibles become gradually 

 narrowed towards the apex; unidentate. cf. 



Length 8 mm. 



KilhiKuuljaro: Kibonoto, 1300 1900 m., May. 



The entire body and legs clothed with long white hair; the base of the metanotum 

 with a dense semicircular patch of depressed silvery pubescence. Eyes ovate, broader 

 below than above, without an incision. Temples rounded, not narrowed, longer than 

 the top of the eyes; the occiput is quite transverse. Front and vertex rugosely reticul- 

 ated, the former more strongly and distinctly than the latter. Pro- and mesonotum 

 closely and rugosely punctured, more or less reticulated, the scutellum more strongly 

 reticulated. Metanotum reticulated; near the top of the apical slope is an area, twice 

 longer than wide, rounded above, transverse below. The base of the thorax is more 

 bluntly rounded than the apex. Basal 2 segments of abdomen somewhat strongly, the 

 3rd to 6th more weakly punctured on the basal half; the last dorsal is more strongly 

 punctured than any of the others. The 3rd antennal joint is clearly shorter than the 

 4th. Base of propleuro? rugosely reticulated, the centre depressed, stoutly striated, the 

 stria? clearly separated; the apex smooth; the mesopleurse closely rugosely reticulated in 



