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d. — Head, thorax and abdomen more or less red above and beneath. 

 il. Mutilla Vesta, n. sp. 



Rufous; antennne. mandibles, legs and apex of abdomen, piceous or black; 

 the pubescence, except on the base and apex of large abdominal segment, 

 golden-ochraeeous ; head not wider than the thorax. 



Female. — Rufous, densely and rather roughly punctured, head and 

 thorax clothed with a sparse glittering ochraceous pubescence, but very 

 dense on the apical segments of the abdomen ; head not wider than 

 the thorax, the vertex with a few scattered, long, blackish hairs, the 

 pubescence about the mouth long, dense and glittering ochraceous ; 

 eyes small, rounded, entire and convex ; mandibles piceous; antennae 

 piceous, the basal joint with short ochraceous pubescence. Thorax 

 rather short, truncate in front, narrowed behind the middle and slightly 

 strangulated, rounded above and behind, but abrupt on the sides, the 

 metathorax is rather abruptly rounded and excavated on each side ; 

 the thorax above has a long, scattered, erect, blackish pubescence, and 

 a short appressed reddish pile, having a beautiful golden-red hue when 

 viewed in certain lights; sides of the thorax has a thin, fine pale pu- 

 bescence more dense in excavations. Legs black or piceous-black. 

 clothed with a glittering ochraceous pubescence; in some specimens 

 the coxae aud femora are more or less tinged with dull rufous. Abdo- 

 men ovate, rather less coarsely punctured than the thorax ; the node, 

 and'the large basal segment, except their apical margins, rufous; the 

 remaining segments blackish ; all the segments above and beneath have 

 an apical fringe of long, dense, glittering ochraceous pubescence; the 

 large basal segment above and beneath has a short, scattered ochra- 

 ceous pubescence, occasionally with a rounded patch of short black 

 pubescence on the basal middle above ; sometimes the apex of this 

 segment is broadly black and sometimes the segment is divided down 

 the middle by a blackish line. Length 4 — 5 lines. 



Eight specimens. Is this the Mutilla ferrujata Fabr. ? 



15. Mutilla montivaga, n. sp. 



Reddish, more or less tinged with fuscous beneath ; head large, rather broader 

 than the thorax, which is short, broad, subcordate ; legs blackish; apex of ab- 

 domen fringed with ochraceous pubescence. 



Female. — Rufous or rufo-ferruginous, brighter above, which is 

 clothed with a short, dense, appressed, silky-red pubescence, very 

 densely but not co.irsely punctured ; beneath more or less tinged with 

 fuscous, with a silky ochraceous pubescence; head large, quadrate, a 

 little broader than the thorax, the vertex has a few scattered, long, 

 blackish, erect hairs, the cheeks and mouth more or less tinged with 

 fuscous; eyes small, rounded, entire, convex aud polished; mandibles 



