34 MUTILLID.?:. 



68. Mutilla regia, S7nith, Cat. iii, p. 38, 2 . 



Mutilla comottii, Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2') i, 1884, p. 36o, $ , 



2 . Head and thorax closely and not very coarsely, abdomen 

 more finely punctured : head globular, eyes large, oval ; thorax 

 above slightly convex, the lateral margins crenulate; the meso- 

 and metapleiirrc excavated, smooth and shining ; median segment 

 rounded posteriorly, with a very steep slope to the apex ; abdomen 

 long, longer than the head and thorax, pubescent. Head and 

 thorax red ; abdomen deep caerulean blue, a circular spot on 

 the middle of the pronotum anteriorly and four spots along the 

 median line of the abdomen (one bnsnl, one apical on the 2nd 

 segment, and an apical one on the 4th and oth) of white silvery 

 pubescence, a line on the apical margin and the sides of the 2nd 

 segment also with silvery white pubescence. 



Hab. Northern India. 5 . Length 9-11 mm. Type in the 

 British Museum. 



I cannot find any points of difference between M. rer/ia, Smith, 

 and M. comottii, Gi'ibodo. 



69. Mutilla aestuans, Gerst. Peters, Reise, Mosamh. v, p. 487, pi. 31, 



tig. G, 5 ; Had. Sf Sich. Hot: Soc. Ent. Ross, vi, 1869, p. 223. 



5 . Head and thorax rugose, strongly punctured ; abdomen 

 subsessile, pubescent : eyes ovate ; thorax subquadrate, lightly 

 consti'icted in the middle, truncate posteriorly ; 1st veutral segment 

 armed with two teeth and with the carina slightly emarginate. 

 Head and thorax red ; abdomen black, with black pubescence ; 

 antenufe reddish, legs dark brown ; 2nd abdominal segment with 

 a round spot of white pubescence on each side near the base, 

 and the 3rd and 4th segments with broad medially interrupted 

 bands of the same. 



Hah. Ceylon ; Mozambique ; South Africa. $ . Length 6- 

 12 mm. 



70. Mutilla aurifex, Smith, New Sp. Hi/m. B. M. p. 198, $ c?; Cam. 



Mem. Maneh. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 117. 



2 . Head and thorax coarsely longirudinally punctured ; abdo- 

 men densely pubescent above, beneath smooth and shining, rather 

 finely punctured, the posterior margins of the 2nd-5th segments 

 fimbriated ; eyes small, subovate ; thorax from above irregularly 

 rectangular, somewhat broader anteriorly than at the apex, the 

 lateral margins with a strong conical tooth in the middle : the 

 pleurse smooth, the pleural carinae well developed. Hf^ad and 

 thorax red ; the antennaj and legs brown, with golden pubescence ; 

 abdomen black with black pubescence, a spot, coming to a point 

 posteriorly, at the base of the 1st segment, a broad band at the base 

 of the 2nd, and the 3rd and 4th segments above completely, covered 

 with golden pubescence ; the band at the base of the 2nd segment 

 is bi-emarginate posteriorly, and there is a line of black pubescence 



