56 HYMENOPTERA. 



106. MUTILLA UNICINCTA. B.M. 



Mutilla unicincta, Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 293. 317. t. 16. 

 f. 2. 



Hab. Algeria. 



This is probably a mere variety of the M. hipunctata of St. 

 Fargeau, which has the head sometimes red, although usually it 

 is black. 



107. Mutilla Marocana. 



Mutilla Marocana, Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 58. 20. 

 Mutilla Barbara, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 434. 26. 



Hab. Morocco. 



108. Mutilla atra. B.M. 



Mutilla atra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 966. 5. 



Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 369. 11 ; Syst. Piez. p. 431. 14. 

 Oliv. Ency. Meth. viii. 59. 2Q. 



Hab. Africa ; Interior of South Africa. 



109. Mutilla Melicerta. B.M. 



Male. Length 5| lines. — Black, head small, much narrower 

 than the thorax, the eyes ovate, the pubescence black, mixed 

 with a few fulvous hairs on the vertex. The prothorax clothed 

 above with bright fulvous pubescence ; the mesothorax produced 

 on each side of the scutellum into an angular tooth ; the meta- 

 thorax and legs thinly covered with long black pubescence ; the 

 wings dark brown, and having a slight violet iridescence. Ab- 

 domen : the basal segment clavate, m.uch narrower than the 

 second ; the apical margin of the second segment having a broad 

 fascia and the two following segments clothed with rich bright 

 fulvous pubescence ; the base and apex of the abdomen thinly 

 clothed with long black pubescence. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



110. Mutilla notata. 



Mutilla notata, S. Farg. Hym. iii. 600. 7 ? • 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



111. Mutilla Minos. B.M. 



Male. Length 7 hues. — Black, the eyes notched ; the face, 

 parts of the mouth and cheeks have a thin cinereous pubescence, 



