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tarsi piceous ; calcaria pale. Nearly related to M. 

 mctallica, but wants the metallic gloss on the thorax and 

 head ; the abdomen black, the base of the second segment 

 with a white mark, the fascia on its apex being con- 

 tinuous ; the third antennal joint shorter in proportion to 

 the fourth ; the thorax more distinctly narrowed from base 

 to apex ; the median segment with the slope more gradual, 

 not so sharply oblique. 

 Length, nearly 5 mm. 



MUTILLA WROUGHTONI, Sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax above rufous, the base of the second 

 abdominal segment with two oval white marks, Antenna; 

 stout ; the third joint about one-half longer than the fourth. 

 Head broader than the thorax, coarsely rugosely punctured ; 

 •eyes moderate, oblong, the head well developed behind 

 them. Thorax more coarsely rugose than the head, the 

 pleurae apparently impunctate ; the sides of the thorax 

 above rough, becoming gradually dilated to the apex ; the 

 apex of median segment oblique, black. Abdomen shorter 

 than the head and thorax united ; the subsessile pygidum 

 apparently punctured, covered with long hairs. The upper 

 surface of the insect has the hair black ; the ventral longer 

 and whitish. Legs covered with white hairs. 



Length, 8j4 mm. 



MUTILLA PULCHRIVENTRIS, sp. nov. 



Head and antenna3 red, the latter covered on the top 

 thickly with pale golden pubescence, hiding the ground 

 colour ; thorax dull red ; abdomen a small spot longer than 

 broad at the base and two broader than long on the apex 

 of the second segment, white ; legs red ; the femora and 

 tibiae more or less purple. Head wider than the thorax ; 

 eyes large, oval, reaching quite close to the top of the head. 

 The third antennae joint as long as the fourth and fifth 



