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1896.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 547 



THE HYMENOPTERA COLLECTED BY DR. A. DONALDSON SMITH IN 



NORTHEAST AFRICA. 



BY WILLIAM J. FOX. 



The following list includes only the Aculeate Hymenoptera 

 brought home by Dr. Smith. The collection includes, besides these, 

 perhaps thirty species of ants and parasitic forms which I am obliged 

 to pass unnoticed for the present. Inasmuch as I have had to rely 

 entirely on descriptions in classifying the collection, I beg to offer 

 that fact as an apology for any erroneous identifications that may 

 have been made. 



The specimens were collected on a journey from Berbera through 

 Somaliland to Lake Rudolf, thence to a point on the east coast,^ and, 

 with many other specimens, have been presented to the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Dr. Smith. 



MUTILLID^. 



Apterogyna Latreillei Klug. 



One specimen ( 9 ). Berbera, July 6, 1894. 

 Mutilla pedunculata Klug. 



Two male specimens. Berbera, July 4, 1894, and Shebeli, Sep- 

 tember 1. 



Mutilla sinuata Oliv. (==i-iUo8a King.). 



One specimen (9 ). Sheikh Husein, October 22, 1894. 

 Mutilla tricolor Klug. 



One 9 specimen. Sheikh Husein, October 29, 1894. 

 Mutilla guineensis Fabr. 



One 9 specimen from Sheikh Husein, October 1, 1894. 

 Mutilla mephitis Sm. 



One specimen ( 9 ). Laga, November 30, 1894. 

 Mutilla leda n. sp. 



9 . — Head, legs and abdomen black, the latter velvety ; thorax 

 obscure rufous ; head, except a longitudinal medial streak and the 



1 See an article by Dr. Smith in The Geographical Journal for August and 

 September, 1896. 



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