Neio or little hiowyi South African Mutillidce (Hyvienoptera). 399 



MUTILLA UMGANZB, n. Sp. 



$ . Eed, with the abdomen black and the last antennal joints 

 slightly fuscous ; abdomen elongate ovate, sessile, basal joint with 

 an apical border of yellow pubescence denser in the centre, second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth segments with a similar but better defined 

 border broadening sub-triangularly in the centre, but which is 

 somewhat indistinct on the sides of the three penultimate segments, 

 last segment with long hairs on each side of a smooth median 

 longitudinal area. 



Head plainly transverse, a little narrowed behind, broader across 

 than the anterior part of the thorax but about equal in width to that 

 of the posterior ; coarsely reticulate punctate, eyes large, space 

 behind the eyes long, base slightly arcuate ; antennal tubercles 

 carinate, second antennal joint one-third the length of the third ; 

 thorax one-third longer than broad, neck robust and long, in the 

 shape of a truncate cone, anterior border of pronotum quite straight 

 and with the angles acute, almost spinose, and its sides straight and 

 plainly bi-dentate ; the mesonotum is also parallel, a little narrower 

 than the pronotum, and dentate laterally in the middle, the meta- 

 notum, which is very sloping from the convex scutellary region 

 towards the declivity, has on each side one blunt tooth and three 

 sharp spines, the second of which is situated at the upper angle of 

 the declivity and is very long, the third spine is quite apical and 

 shorter than the second ; abdomen elongate ovate, basal segment 

 with a tooth on each side, it is broad, as wide at apex as the second 

 segment and nearly two-thirds of its length, the keel underneath is 

 tri-toothed ; all the segments are finely punctate ; posterior tibiae 

 with a double series each of several spines ; spurs white. 



Length 7 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Zoutpansberg). 



The general facies and vestiture of this species is not unlike that 

 of M. segkoma, but the spines with which the prothorax is provided 

 distinguish it easily from the former. 



MUTILLA PROMONTORII, n. Sp. 



(^ . Black, with the upper and lateral parts of the thorax red ; 

 mandibles and tarsi sub-rufescent, legs fuscous ; no wings or 

 developed tegulae ; abdomen briefly pedunculate, second segment 

 with a white more or less ovate patch on each side of the centre. 



Head deeply and closely foveolate punctate, and covered with 

 long black bristles ; plainly transverse and only very slightly wider 



