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closely punctured and nearly as broad as the prothorax; prothorax and 

 mesothorax and also the scutellum covered with shallow, moderately 

 broad punctures, mesothorax with four longitudinal grooves, meta- 

 thorax gradually narrowed towards the base, dehiscent, and covered 

 with regular, closely set foveae ; first and second abdominal segments 

 covered with closely set, elongate punctures with slightly raised 

 intervals, apical margin of both with a narrow silky white band, 

 third segment with a white band of the same width as the one pre- 

 ceding, replaced underneath as in the case of the second segment 

 by a band of less dense grey hairs, fourth joint with a similar but 

 less dense band on the ventral surface ; eyes not emarginate ; wings 

 totally infuscate ; intermediate and posterior tibiae without spines. 

 Length 10 mm. 



Resembles M. byblis, but is at once distinguished by the narrower 

 thorax and abdomen, which is also not so ovate, the colour of the 

 thorax, and the absence of spines 011 the tibias. 



Hob. Cape Colony (? Stellenbosch), Port Elizabeth. 



MUTILLA ALCITHOE. 



Entirely black, with the exception of the mesothorax and the 

 scutellum which are red and covered with long, moderately dense 

 greyish hairs ; head broader than long, and equal in width to the 

 prothorax, rounded laterally from a short distance behind the eyes 

 which are not emarginate ; it is closely punctured ; prothorax and 

 mesothorax and also the scutellum deeply punctured, the punctures 

 moderately broad, metathorax declivous behind covered with deep, 

 closely set fovese with the intervals raised, and sub-tuberculate 

 laterally ; abdomen similar in shape, sculpture, and clothing to the 

 two preceding species ; intermediate tibias only with a double row 

 of spines. Length 11 mm. 



The shape of the abdomen is like that of M. byblis, but the petiole 

 of the first segment is not quite so dilated ; in the shape and sculp- 

 ture of the thorax it approximates more that of M. pliylira. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch). 



MUTILLA EGEEIA. 



This species resembles very much M. alcithoe and M. cap&nsis. It 

 is of the same size as the latter, and the sculpture and shape of 

 the abdomen are similar, but the thorax is entirely red in M, capensis, 

 whereas in M. egeria the thorax is black with the dorsal part of the 

 mesothorax and the scutellum red ; from M. alcithoe, in which 

 the colouration of the thorax is similar, it differs in the shape of the 

 head, which is much more elongated behind the eyes, the cheeks are 



