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which are rounded ; thorax short, subparallel, as broad as long, and 

 slightly narrower at the declivity than at the apex, hardly emarginate 

 laterally but with a few serrations, declivity perpendicular, dorsal 

 part closely and regularly foveate ; abdomen sessile, first joint 

 truncate in front, sides parallel with the stalk very short, shagreened 

 and with an elongate yellowish white patch on each side reaching 

 from the side to a third of the width, second segment scrobiculate 

 and having a small narrow patch on each side of the smooth median 

 part and also a lateral short band, third segment with a narrow band 

 reaching from the sides to about two-fifths of the length, and thus 

 leaving the median part of about one-fifth in width uncovered, the 

 median space between the patches on the second segment and the 

 bands on the third joint is of equal width ; ventral carina of the first 

 joint sharp, truncate at apex ; tibiae with a double row of spines. 

 Length 11-13 mm. 



Allied to M. biliinata, Gerst., but the head is much smaller than 

 the thorax, and the apical patches on the second segment are smaller. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth). 



(MALES.) 



MUTILLA MNEMOSIDES. 



Very closely allied to M. capicola, which it resembles in size and 

 colour, but the abdomen is ovate, not subglobose, the second 

 segment is not so deeply foveate and the foveae are not so elongate, 

 the slender basal part of the first segment is much shorter, the 

 ventral carina of the first segment is sharper at apex and base, and 

 the second segment has a central depression limited by a distinct 

 diverging carina on each side and two small, sharp tubercles in the 

 centre of the basal part ; in M. capicola there is a faint trace only of 

 a median depression. Length 9 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Estcourt). 



MUTILLA MA.JA. 



Black, with the prothorax, the dorsal part of the mesothorax, the 

 tegulae, and also the scutellum red, body covered with long, dense, 

 greyish white hairs ; head subquadrate, one-third broader than long, 

 eyes set forward, very little emarginate, not projecting beyond the 

 outer sides ; it is deeply and closely punctured, and the massive 

 antennae are sub-rufescent ; thorax covered with deep, closely set 

 punctures with the intervals granulose, mesothorax with a broad 

 but not deep groove along the tegulae, scutellum raised, metathorax 

 foveate, declivity perpendicular, wings sub-hyaline at base, infuscate 



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