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ON MUTILLIDAE PARASITIC ON GLOSSINA MORSITANS. 



By R. E. Turner. 

 Mutilla glossinae, Turn. 



Mufilla glossinae, Turner, Bull. Entom. Res., v., 1915, p. 383, $. 



(^. Niger, albo-pilosus ; pronoto, mesonoto, scutelloque rufo-ferrugineis ; calcaribus 

 albidis ; segmentis dorsalibus 2-4 apice anguste albo-fimbriatis ; alis basi hyalinis, 

 diniidio apicali modice infuscatis ; mandibulis apice tridentatis. Long. 6 mm. 



(^. Head narrower than the thorax, broader than long, rounded at the posterior 

 angles, closely and not very finely punctured, the antennal tubercles well developed. 

 Clypeus concave, smooth and shining. Third joint of the flagellum equal to the 

 fourth, half as long again as the second and more than twice as long as the first. Eyes 

 ovate, converging towards the clypeus, not emarginate ; ocelli placed in a triangle, 

 the posterior pair a little further from each other than from the anterior ocellus and 

 situated on the inner edge of a large but shallow depression. Thorax broad and 

 short, closely but not coarsely punctured ; anterior margin of the pronotum straight, 

 the posterior margin broadly arcuate ; scutellum flat, broadly truncate at the apex ; 

 pleurae very closely punctured and sparsely clothed with long white pubescence. 

 Median segment very coarsely reticulate, shorter than the scutellum, posterior slope 

 very steep, not distinctly separated from the dorsal surface. Abdomen subsessile ; 

 closely punctured, with distinct but narrow apical bands of long white hairs on 

 segments 2-4, a less clearly defined band on the first ; apical dorsal segment broadly 

 rounded, more coarsely punctured, the punctures more or less confluent longitudinally. 

 Second ventral segment closely punctured and sparsely clothed with long whitish 

 hairs, which form a continuous band on the apical margin. First dorsal segment 

 short and broad, slightly depressed on the apical margin ; second very broad, fully 

 twice as broad as long, the sides convex. Fore- wing with three cubital cells, radial 

 cell very broad, not more than twice as long as broad ; first abscissa of the radius 

 equal to the third, shorter than the second, the two recurrent nervures received near 

 the middle of the second and third cubital cells. 



Ny AS ALAND : Monkcy Bay {Dr. W. A. Lamborn). 



A large series of both sexes bred out in October 1915, a smaller series having been 

 bred in the previous June. 



Mutilla benefactrix, sp. n. (figs. 1, 2). 



$. Nigra ; mandibulis, antennis, thorace, pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis ; segmento- 

 dorsali secundo macula magna basali albido-pubescente ; segmentis dorsalibus 

 secundo tertioque fascia apicali brunnea, albido-pubescente. 



(J. Niger ; albo-pilosus ; thorace segmentoque mediano ferrugineis ; mandibulis 

 antennisque subtus fuscis ; alis hyalinis, apice leviter infuscatis ; calcaribus albis. 

 Long. $, 4-5-5 mm. ; ^J, 4 -5-5 '5 mm. 



$, Head as broad as the thorax, closely and deeply punctured, rounded at the 

 posterior angles ; eyes oval, situated rather nearer to the posterior margin of the head 

 than to the base of the mandibles ; antennal tubercles well developed, oblique ; 



