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not so straight, nor are they aculeate at tip, and the eyes are not pro- 

 jecting ; it is also much smaller. Length 7|- mm. 

 Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



MUTILLA PEOCNE. 



Black, set with long hlack hairs, turning to greyish on the legs and 

 on the under part, prothorax totally red ; head sub-quadrate, a little 

 broader behind the eyes, which are not emarginate, very roughly and 

 thickly punctured and a little broader than the prothorax ; prothorax 

 and mesothorax and also the scutellum closely and roughly punctured, 

 rnetathorax dehiscent, gradually attenuate towards the apex, covered 

 with moderately deep, but closely set foveae, the intervals of which 

 are sharp, raised, and sub-tuberculiform ; abdomen as in the three 

 preceding species, the silky white bands on the second and third 

 segments are also very noticeable underneath, carina under the first 

 segment hardly sharp at each end ; intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 with one series of spines, basal joint of hind tarsi broadly dilated, 

 compressed, sinuate inwardly, and truncate diagonally at apex ; wings 

 fuscous. Length 17 mm. 



Easily distinguished by the shape of the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsi. 



Hab. Transvaal (Klerksdorp), Zambesia (Salisbury). 



MUTILLA ATHIS. 



Black, densely covered with long greyish hairs, mesothorax and 

 scutellum very dark ferruginous-red ; head nearly twice as wide as 

 the length of the vertex, slightly produced behind the eyes and with 

 the sides diagonal behind, as broad as the thorax at its widest part ; 

 eyes prominent, ovate, not emarginate, vertex very closely and deeply 

 punctured ; prothorax much rounded and produced in a sharp angle 

 laterally, mesothorax with four longitudinal grooves and covered, like 

 the scutellum, with closely set punctures, rnetathorax short, very 

 dehiscent, gradually attenuate behind in the shape of a truncate 

 pyramid and covered with closely set foveae, the intervals of which 

 are very slightly tuberculiform ; first abdominal segment long, petio- 

 late, aculeate laterally at base, covered like the second one with 

 elongate spots with smooth, moderately raised intervals, basal part 

 of both segments fringed with a narrow band of silky orange hairs, 

 third segment also with a band of orange hairs of the same width as 

 the one on the second segment ; abdominal carina serrulate ; tibiae 

 without spines; wings subhyaline for two-thirds of the length, 

 infuscate at tip. Length 11^ mm. 



