130 Mr. Cameron on 



MUTILLA VEDA, Sp. tlOV. 



Head and thorax ferruginous ; abdomen black ; the ex- 

 treme base ferruginous ; a mark, broader than long, on the 

 base, and a large band (dilated in the centre) on the apex 

 of the second segment, pale fulvo-golden ; the scape and the 

 basal joints of the flagellum and the legs reddish ; the apical 

 joints of the flagellum brownish beneath ; the apices of the 

 femora broadly blackish. 



Very closely allied to M. serratula, having the same 

 form of the thorax ; differing in having the head red, and 

 in there being a spot on the base of the second segment, 

 in the pygidium being covered all over with pale fulvous 

 hairs ; in the thorax at the base laterally being not so 

 rounded ; the sides at the extreme base project into a broad 

 tooth, roundly incised at the apex ; the sides in the middle 

 are not contracted, nor continuously serrate, but broadly 

 waved ; the apex of the median segment is rounded, not 

 brought to a point in the middle and serrate, the meta- 

 pleurae are distinctly punctured. Legs covered with longish 

 hair. The third joint of the antennas a little longer than 

 the fourth. Eyes moderate, oblong ; clypeus covered with 

 long fulvous hairs ; the base of the mandibles rufo-piceous. 



Length, 5 mm. 



MUTILLA PULCHRICEPS, Sp. tlOV. 



Thorax ferruginous, the scape and base of the flagellum 

 and legs rufo-testaceous : abdomen black, two large round 

 maculae on the second, and the third and fourth segments 

 golden-fulvous ; the head apparently black, but hid by a 

 thick covering of fulvous pubescence. Head coarsely 

 punctured ; convex above, not much developed above the 

 top of the eyes. Antennal tubercles coarsely punctured, 

 eyes large, oblong. Second antennal joint shorter than the 

 fourth, the third about twice the length of the fourth. 



