76 MR. smith's descriptions of nTMENOPTEROUS INSECTS 



ones ; the apical margin of the second and third segments ciliated with 

 glittering white hairs. 



Hub. Celebes. 



Resembling Mutilla volatilis, but at once distinguished by the channel 

 at the base of the metathorax, by the longer and narrower basal seg- 

 ment of the abdomen, and by the latter being much more delicately 

 punctured. 



4. Mutilla facilis. M. capite abdomineque nigrisj thorace san- 

 guineo ; ahs subhyalinis. 



Male. Length 3\ lines. The head and thorax closely and finely punc- 

 tured ; the scape of the antennge, the basal joint of the flagellum, and 

 the mandibles, rufo-piceous. The metathorax covered with large 

 shallow punctures ; the wings fusco-hyaline, with the third submar- 

 ginal cell obsolete ; the legs rufo-testaceous. Abdomen blue-black, 

 with the extreme base red ; the ajiical margin of the second and fol- 

 lowing segments pale rufo-testaceous ; very shining and delicately 

 punctured, and with a number of scattered silvery-white^hairs. 



Hab. Celebes (Makassar). 



5. Mutilla THORACiCA. iH. thorace dorsoque sanguineis ; alis fuscis. 



Male. Length 4^ lines. Head and thorax strongly punctured and pu- 

 bescent ; the tops of the mandibles rufescent ; the eyes slightly notched 

 within. The metathorax with large shallow punctures, and covered 

 with short cinereous pubescence ; the wings fusco-hyaline and u-ides- 

 cent. Abdomen : the basal segment narrow and campanulate ; the 

 third segment with a band of thin white pubescence on its apical mar- 

 gin ; the first and second segments with a few scattered white hairs ; 

 those on the third and following segments black. 



Hah. Celebes (Makassar). 



6. Mutilla neglecta. M. capite thoraceque rude punctatis; alis 

 fusco-h5'alinis ; abdominis segmentis pube fulva fasciatis. 



Male. Length 1\ lines. Black and punctured, the punctm-es on the 

 disk of the thorax confluent, and running into stinse ; die clypeus co- 

 vered with long loose silvery pubescence ; the head, thorax, and legs 

 with a thin fulvous pubescence ; the third and fourth joints of the 

 antennae bright orange-yellow beneath ; the eyes slightly notched. 

 The wings slightly fuscous, with their apical margins more deeply 

 coloured ; the nervures rufo-testaceous ; the metathorax with a short 

 cinereous pubescence, and covered with large shallow punctures. Ab- 

 domen very glossy and finely punctured ; the basal segment narrow 

 and campanulate ; the apical margins of all the segments with a fringe 

 of fulvous pubescence ; the apex bright ferruginous. 



Hab. Celebes (Makassar). 



7. Mutilla fervida. il/. capite thoraceque nigris ; abdomine ferru- 

 gineo basi nigro ; alis fuscis. 



Female. Length 4-5 lines. Head and abdomen black ; thorax red ; the 



