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2. MuTiLLA Merops. M. capitc abdomineque nigris ; thorace rubro ; 

 abdominis segmento tertio fascia argenteo-pubescente ornato ; maris 

 alis cseruleo violaceoque splendide micantibus. 



Female. Length 6\ lines. Black ; the head rugose. Thorax oblong- 

 quadrate, coarsely rugose ; legs black, spinose, and thinly covered 

 with pale glittering hairs, the tarsi most densely so. Abdomen intense 

 velvety-black ; the third segment covered above with short silvery- 

 white hairs ; the sides of the apical segment with a mixture of white 

 and pale brownish hairs. 



The male closely resembles the female, but has the eyes more deeply 

 notched, the thorax shorter, and the wings dark fuscous with a violet 

 lustre. 



Hab. Bachian. 



3. MuTiLLA Ianthea. F(£mina.^ M, nigra; thorace rufo; abdominis 

 segmentis argenteo pubescentibus, secundo maculis duabus albis sig- 

 nato, tertio fasciato. 



Mas. Thorace supra et abdomine rubris ; alis fuscis, basi hyalinis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black ; the thorax blood-red, oblong-quad- 

 rate, closely and strongly punctured ; the metathorax obliquely trun- 

 cate ; the mandibles ferruginous in the middle ; the cheeks, legs, and 

 sides with a ghttering silvery-white pubescence. Abdomen covered 

 with short black pubescence, the second segment with two minute 

 snow-white spots, and the third with a basal band of the same colour. 



Male. Length 7i lines. Black ; the thorax above and the abdomen 

 ferruginous ; the wings brown, with their base hyaline ; the three 

 apical segments of the abdomen and the metathorax black. 



Hab. Bachian. 



4. MuTiLLA ANTHYLLA. M. nigra, pubescens ; aUs fuscis ; abdomine 

 ferrugineo, apice nigro. 



Male. Length 6 lines. Head, thorax, and legs black, coarsely punc- 

 tured ; the metathorax covered with large shallow punctures, with a 

 groove in the centre of its base ; the face covered with long cinereous 

 pubescence ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous. The thorax and 

 legs with a scattered cinereous pubescence; wings dark fuscous; the 

 base of the posterior pair pale. Abdomen ferruginous and shining, 

 with the apical margin of the fifth segment, and the sixth and seventh 

 entirely, black. 



Hab. Bachian. 



5. MuTiLLA Zebina. M. capite abdomineque nigris ; thorace san- 

 guineo-rubro ; abdominis segmenti secundi baseos maculis tribus ovatis 

 fasciaque segmenti tertii albo pubescentibus. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. Black ; thorax and legs blood-red ; the 

 coxae also red ; the base of the mandibles and the tubercles at the 

 insertion of the antenna: red. The head and thorax coarsely punc- 

 tured, the latter oblong-quadrate ; the antennae, cheeks, and legs with 



