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OEDEE HYMENOPTERA. 



TEIBE FOSSORES. 

 FAMILY MUTILLID^. 



GEN. APTEEOGYNA, Latreille, 

 Gen. Crust. & Insect., iv., 1809, p. 121. 



Synopsis of Species. 



? Head, thorax, legs, and basal segments of abdomen pale 

 testaceous A. cybelc. 



? Posterior part of the head, thorax, and first abdominal 

 segment testaceous red ; legs fuscous A.clymenc. 



3 Black, with the two basal abdominal segments, the an- 

 tennae and legs red A. mncmosina. 



APTEEOGYNA CYBELE. 



Female. Head, antennae, thorax, first abdominal segment and 

 legs testaceous red, the other abdominal segments black ; the whole 

 body is clothed with long pale hairs ; head striolate in the centre 

 and clothed besides the hairs with a very short, silky pubescence ; 

 prothorax subparallel laterally and separated from the mesothorax by 

 a very distinct transverse groove, mesothorax hexagonal, meta- 

 thorax sloping, the posterior part with a sharp ridge, emarginate in 

 the middle ; first abdominal segment very rugose, the second, 

 third, and sixth distinctly striolate, the fourth and fifth smooth ; the 

 third, fourth, and fifth have a narrow margin of moderately dense, 

 silky, whitish hairs ; ventral carina of the basal segment very short 

 and dentiform. Length 6-12 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Worcester, Namaqualand). 

 Allied to A. savignyi from Egypt. 



APTEEOGYNA CLIMENE. 



Female. Eesembles very much A. cybele, but the colour of the 

 thorax and first abdominal segment is redder ; the head is infuscate 



