406 Annals of the Sonth African Museum. 



Head broader than the anterior part of the thorax, twice as 

 broad as long, closely punctate, the punctures even ; eyes large, 

 incised inwardly, space behind the eyes very short, base nearly 

 straight with the angles quite distinct ; antennae piceous, the 

 tubercles greatly developed, somewhat conical, second joint very 

 small, third nearly one-third longer than the fourth ; pronotum 

 sub-arcuate in the anterior part and gradually ampliate laterally 

 towards the tegulae, but with both the anterior and posterior angles 

 rounded, suture very plain, mesonotum convex, and with two dis- 

 tinct longitudinal grooves, truncate behind with the hind angles not 

 projecting, tegulae very large, weakly punctate, quite hyaline along 

 the outer edge, scutellum moderately convex, sloping, simple ; 

 metanotum sloping, then declivous, rounded laterally and broadly 

 foveate, while the other pai'ts of the thorax are deeply foveolate 

 punctate ; first abdominal segment not as broad at the apex as the 

 base of the second, and deeply and irregularly punctate, the keel 

 underneath runs the whole of the length and is slightly dentate at 

 apex ; the second segment is densely punctate along the base and 

 more sparsely so from the middle to the apex, these punctures are 

 round, and those of the under side are broader and more evenly 

 distributed than the upper ones, the other segments are finely 

 aciculate above, not so underneath, but the aciculation on the last 

 segment, which has no pygidial area, is deep and rough ; spurs of 

 the tibiae white ; wings light fuscous, stigma very small, radial cell 

 elongated, not truncate at apex, two closed cubital, one distinct 

 recurrent nervure received slightly past the middle of the second 

 cell, and a feeble indication of a second recurrent. 



The wings of my example are damaged, and it is not possible to 

 ascertain if the third cubital, which is only feebly indicated, is closed 

 or not, but I believe that it is not. 



Length 10 mm. ; width (wings expanded) l^h mm. 



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



MUTILLA PETRUSIANA, n. sp. 



S . Black, with the whole of the thorax and also the tegula? red, 

 very briefly pubescent white on the frontal part, but bristling with 

 hairs that are black on the anterior part of the thorax, and white on 

 the metanotum, sides, under side, and the legs ; abdomen sub-sessile, 

 basal joint with a distinct fringe of appressed long whitish hairs, 

 second segment with a similar but slightly narrower border, third 

 completely covered with a white pubescence, apical segment densely 



