20 HYMENOPTERA. 



123. MUTILLA FLABELLATA. 



Mutilla flabellata, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 431. 12 S . 



Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 59. 24. 

 Psammotherma flabellata, Latr. Crust. Ins. ii. 315, note. 



St. Farg. Hym. in. 592. 1. 



Hab. Senegal. 



124. Mutilla Telamon. 



Male. Length 6 lines. — Black, eyes emarginate, the head 

 much narrower than the thorax ; the prothorax and mesothorax 

 obscure ferruginous above ; the scutellum produced, and having 

 at its apex an elevated ferruginous tubercle ; the mctathorax 

 covered with large shallow confluent punctures ; wings blackish- 

 brown ; a hyaline streak crosses the first submarginal cell in the 

 middle, traverses the second submarginal cell longitudinally, and 

 enters the third submarginal, not extending beyond the middle ; 

 there is also a hyaline spot in the third discoidal cell. Abdomen : 

 the two basal segments obscure ferruginous, the apical margin 

 of the second black, and having a fascia of black pubescence ; 

 the third and fourth segments covered with yellowish-white pu- 

 bescence, having a black line down the middle of each, the fifth 

 and sixth segments clothed with black pubescence, the apical 

 one with yellowish- white. 



Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



125. Mutilla Brucei. 



Mutilla Brucei, Guer. Voy. Abyss. Lefeb. vi. 353. t. 7- f- 8 $ . 

 Hab. Abyssinia. 



126. Mutilla Guineensis. 



Mutilla Guineensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 367- 3 $ ; Syst. Piez. 

 p. 429. 4. 



Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 66. 7- 

 St. Farg. Hym. iii. 640. 69. 



Hab. Guinea. 



127. Mutilla Medon. B.M. 



Male. Length 7 lines. — Black, the eyes emarginate ; the face 

 below the insertion of the antennae covered with yellowish-white 

 pubescence. Thorax rugose, the mesothorax having a central 

 longitudinal slightly elevated carina and a deep elongate groove 

 on each side, not extending to the anterior margin ; the scutel- 



