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the metanotum narrowing gradually laterally and not as broad as the 

 pro- and mesonotum, surface of the two last-named parts closely 

 and deeply pitted, metanotum clothed with a thick silvery white 

 pubescence ; wings fuscous, tegulae black ; abdomen sessile, the 

 first and second segments have a wide apical border of white 

 pubescence, which coats also the greater discoidal anterior part of 

 the second segment, all the others are thickly clothed with a similar 

 pubescence ; ventral carina of the first segment sharply dentate at 

 apex ; legs fringed with white, hind tibiae simple, spurs white. 



Length 12 mm. ; expanse of wings 19 mm. 



Hab, Mozambique (Inhambane), K. H. Barnard. 



Allied to M. andreana, Per., and as densely clothed with white- 

 pubescence, but the second abdominal segment is red, and the 

 antennal joints are more arcuate. 



GEN. BAEYMUTILLA, Andr. 



BARYMUTILLA BIZANA, sp. n. 



$ . Black, with the mesonotum and scutellum red ; first, second,, 

 and third abdominal segments with an apical narrow flavescent 

 pubescent band, fourth segment with a median apical flavescent 

 patch. Head transverse, sides straight laterally behind the eyes, 

 posterior angles not rounded, base straight, eyes lateral, large,, 

 emarginate, mandibles briefly bifid at apex, tooth underneath short, 

 surface roughly and broadly pitted, clothed with a flavescent 

 pubescence and villose hairs ; antennae robust, third joint a little 

 shorter than the fourth ; thorax nearly parallel, straight in front 

 with the angles sharp, metanotum a little narrower than the pro- 

 mesonotum, quadrate with the posterior angles slightly obtuse,, 

 scutellum convex, simple, whole surface strongly obtuse, villose 

 flavescent, tegulae nearly black, wings fuscous ; abdomen sessile, 

 first joint with a short truncate carina, second segment with closely 

 set, narrowly reticulate punctures with the intervals little raised, the 

 segments following closely punctate; legs with flavescent and 

 greyish setae, hind tibiae simple, spurs long, black. 



Length 11 mm. ; expanse of wings 19 mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Beira), P. A. Sheppard. 



Not unlike an Odontotniitilla in general appearance, but 

 differentiated by the simple, convex scutellum. The yellowish 

 pubescent markings are also distinct. I have seen only one 

 example of this species. 



