Some Neiv or Little Known South African Mutillidce 



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GEN. MUTILLA, Linn., 

 Syst. Natur., Ed. 10A, 1758, pp. 343, 582. 



(FEMALES AND MALES.) 

 FIRST DIVISION. 



Synopsis of Species. 

 BASAL ABDOMINAL SEGMENT LONG OR VERY LONG, NODOSE AT APEX. 



A 3 . DORSAL PART OF ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS HAVING APICAL BANDS 



OF WHITE OR ORANGE HAIRS, BUT NO MEDIAN PATCH ON THE 

 SECOND SEGMENT. 



a 4 . First abdominal segment long, petiolate. 



b 3 . First abdominal segment banded, bands non-interrupted. 



? Thorax subhexagonal, more attenuate from the median part to 

 the apex than in the anterior part, ferruginous red ; head and 

 abdomen black, first segment equal in size in both sexes, intermediate ! . , 

 and posterior tibiae with only one submedian spine 



c? Prothorax and mesothorax red, nietathorax black, subquadrate ; 

 second abdominal segment without any ventral carina 



a 3 . First abdominal segment very long. 

 b~. Two basal segments banded. 



? Thorax subhexagoual and very much attenuate in the posterior 

 part, median part with a lateral, conical tubercle ; apical band of the 

 second abdominal segment produced in the middle in the shape of 

 a narrow triangle reaching to about one-third of the length ; tibiae 

 with only two spines bcroS. 



Body entirely black, elongate, thorax similar in shape to that of 

 the preceding species, apical band of first segment interrupted 

 laterally syrinx. 



a-. First abdominal segment very long and slender in the male, 

 moderately long in the female. 

 b l . Three basal segments banded. 



Thorax diagonal laterally from the anterior angle to about one-\ 

 third of the length, outer sides subparallel, basal part nearly as broad 

 as the apical one ; head and abdomen black ; thorax ferruginous red \-galantliis. 



3 Whole upper 

 attenuate behind 



part of the thorax red, nietathorax a little 



A 2 . DORSAL PART OF ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS WITH MEDIAN APICAL 



PATCHES AND BAND. 



a 1 . First abdominal segment very long in the male, subsessile in 

 the female. 



