548 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1896. 



cheeks, medially, sides of thorax, legs, transverse spot at apex of 

 first dorsal, three spots on second dorsal (one anteriorly in the 

 middle somewhat ovate, and two larger ones placed transversely 

 near the apical margin of the segment), a medial spot on the third, 

 fourth and fifth coalescing more or less, the second segment along 

 the extreme sides, a small spot on the apical margins of the second, 

 third and fourth at the sides and the apical margins of ventrals 2- 

 4 entirely, of silvery pubescence ; above the body is clothed with 

 long, erect, sparse black hairs, which, on the ventral surface, are 

 pale ; head about as wide as the broadest part of the thorax, with 

 deep, coarse punctures ; eyes subovate ; mandibles furrowed longi- 

 tudinally and toothed within before the apex ; flagelliim strongly 

 acuminate, the first and second joints about equal in length ; occi- 

 put not cristate ; thorax long, somewhat pyriform, broadest a little 

 anterior to the middle, the lateral borders not dentate; the thorax 

 above scabrous ; evidently no scutellar scale present, or else it is 

 indistinguishable from the coarse sculpture of the upper surface of 

 thorax ; spines of the»legs black, calcaria pale testaceous, those of 

 the hind and medial tibise pectinate within ; first segment of abdo- 

 men constricted at apex, not continuous with the base of the follow- 

 ing ; in the middle transversely cristate, the portion before the crista 

 very flat, ventrally with a short and strong carina, which is some- 

 what emarginate medially; second segment with very large punc- 

 tures, ventrally shining with the punctures more distinct and at the 

 base with a short, central, longitudinal carina ; last dorsal smooth 

 and shining, at least medially, without a pygidial area. Length, 

 12 mm. 



One specimen. Near Gelani, October 27, 1894. 



This species is apparently close to M. dorice Magr., but differs in 

 the non-cristate occiput and absence of scutellar scale. 



Mutilla somalica n. sp. 



$ . — Head ? ; thorax obscurely rufous ; legs and abdomen 



black, the latter red beneath ; the second dorsal segment in greater 

 part with reddish-orange pubescence forming a maculatiou as shown 

 in the figure ; a spot in the center of dorsals 3-5, a narrow transverse 

 one on the apical margins of doxsals 2-5 at the sides, and apical 

 margins of ventrals 2-5 with silvery pubescence ; legs with pale pube- 

 scence, the rest of the body clothed with long, erect hairs, those 

 above dark, those below pale ; thorax robust, not twice as long as it 

 is broad at base, coarsely cribrose above, the lateral margins irregu- 



