22 HYMENOPTERA. 



transversely at the apex of the segment, of glittering silvery- 

 white pubescence; the fifth segment has also a similar spot in the 

 middle, sometimes extending on to the fourth segment ; beneath, 

 the second segment is very coarsely rugose, and has at the base 

 a central carina which does not extend to the apex of the seg- 

 ment ; the folloAving segrr 'mts are very finely punctured ; the 

 entire insect thinly sprir" Ov^er \^ith long black hairs. 



Hab. Interior of South ALxa. 



130. MUTILLA CeLvENO. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black, head and thorax covered with 

 large confluent punctures ; the vertex, cheeks, a spot before the 

 eyes and the flagellum ferruginous, the latter dusky above. The 

 thorax and apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous ; the legs have 

 a pale glittering pubescence. Abdomen longitudinally rugose, 

 and having a thinly scattered black pubescence ; all the segments 

 have a fringe of glittering yellowish-white pubescence. 



Hab. Interior of South Africa. 



131. MuTiLLA Atropos. B.M. 



Male. Length 7i lines. — Black, the eyes emarginate, the 

 head rugose. Thorax coarsely rugose; the prothorax clothed 

 with black pubescence ; the scutellum elevated and sparingly 

 covered with black pubescence ; the metathorax covered with 

 shallow elongate impressions and having a central longitudinal 

 carina ; wings deep brown with a purple iridescence. Abdomen 

 shining, not very strongly punctured, thinly covered with black 

 pubescence, the pubescence most dense at the base and apex ; 

 the third segment covered with white pubescence ; the apical 

 segment has a small patch of white pubescence in the middle. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



132. MUTILLA ASTARTE. B.M. 



Female. Length 9 lines. — Head and abdomen black, thorax 

 ferruginous. Head very large, wider than the thorax, rounded 

 at the sides, the cheeks produced ; longitudinally coarsely rugose ; 

 the sides, mouth and vertex thinly covered with cinereous pu- 

 bescence. Thorax oblong and slightly narrowed behind, coarsely 

 longitudinally rugose ; the legs have a short griseous pubes- 

 cence, the intermediate and posterior tibise having externally a 

 double row of short spines. Abdomen clothed with short black 

 pubescence ; the basal segment having on each side a patch. 



