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segment broad, rounded above, truncate posteriorly, the face of the 

 truncation coarsely rugose ; abdomen long, longer than head and 

 thorax united, apical segment bearing a broad smooth medial longi- 

 tudinal carina ; basal ventral segment strongly longitudinally keeled, 

 the keel slightly emarginate in the middle. Head, thorax and base of 

 the 1st abdominal segment black, remainder of the abdomen bright 

 ferruginous-red, the clypeus, face checks, scape and basal joint of the 

 flagellum of the antennae, the pronotum above, the mesopleurse, the 

 median segment above and the legs covered with silvery pubescence, 

 which is thick and matted on the clypeus and front, and on the median 

 segment ; posterior margin of the 2nd and the whole of the remain- 

 ing abdominal segments clothed with rich glistening ferruginous 

 pubescence ; wings fuscous, the forewings beyond the area of the 

 cells much darker. 



Length «-13 ; Exp. 17-27 mm. 



5. MUTILLA TESTACEA, Klug. 



Mutilla testacea, Klug, Symb. Phys., Dec. 1, No. 15, t. 5, f, 4. 

 Shaik Othman (Col. Yerhury). 



Family SCOLIID^. 



6. TiPHIA BREVIPENNIS, LucaS. 



TipJiia hrevipennis, Lucas, Expl. Sc. Alger., iii, p. 299, t, 15, f. 9. 

 Aden (Capt. Nurse). 



7. Myzine guerinii, Lucas. 

 Myzine guerinii, Lucas, Expl. Sc. Alger., iii, p. 283, t. 15, f. 5, $ . 

 Lahej {Capt. Nurse). 



8. ScoLiA (Discolia) dispar, Klug. 

 Scolia dispar, Klug, Symb. Phys., Dec. iii, t. 26, f. 10 $ and 2 9 . 

 Shaikh Othman, Lahej {Capt. Nurse). 



9. ScoLiA ( Discolia) rufipes, Smith. 

 Scolia rufipes. Smith, Cat. Hym. B. M., iii, p. 95, $. 

 Lahej {Capt, Nurse). 



JO. ScoLiA (Discolia) erytheocephala, Fabr. 

 Scolia erythrocephala, Fabr., Ent. Syst., Suppl., p. 255, 16. 

 Aden {Col. Yerbury). 



11. Scolia (Discolia) micromelas, Sichel, 

 Scolia micromelas.^ Sich., Sauss. and Lich. Cat. Scol., p. 82. 9 & 6 . 

 Aden {Col. Yerhury). 



