Monographie der Mutilliden Afrikas. 671 
ate Bingham in Tr. ent. Soc. London, 1911, p. 544. 
„Black,the legsred,the head,thorax and abdomen closely punctured 
and covered with erect white hairs which are most prominent on the 
legs; the abdomen with transverse pubescent bands on the apıcal 
margins of the lst and 2nd segments, the latter band dilated in the 
middle, the öth segment with a thick apical fringe of white hairs. Head 
broader than the thorax in front, longer than broad, occiput and cheeks 
behind the eyes rounded; mandibles acute at apex, anlennae short, 
2nd joint of flagellum much longer than the first and slightly longer than 
the third, eyes oval convex, placed on the sides of the head, equidistant 
above and below from the lateral angle of the head and from the base 
of the mandible. Thorax oval, broadest in the middle, sides convex, 
not excavate, punctured as above. Abdomen as long as the head and 
thorax united; basal segment petiolate and nodose at apex, ventral 
carina twice indented, 2nd segment very long and massive, pygidial 
area small and hidden by the fringe of white hairs at the apex 5th 
segment. 
Longth 6 mm. 
Rhodesia: Mashonaland, Salisbury, 5.05 (G. Marshall). 
Described from a single example. This is the smallest form of 
the genus known to me.‘ 
aureopieta Sichel & Radoszkowski in J. Ac. Lisboa, 1881, p. 215. 
„Nigra, capite parvo, thorace ferrugineo, abdominis segmento 
secundo maculis quinque rotundis, quarto quintoque macula sub- 
quadrata aureorubris. Long. 10 mm. 
Tete petite, moins large que le thorax, noire; vertex roussätre, 
fonce, parseme de poils fins dores, le reste de la t&te est garni de poils 
longs blanchätres. Oorselet &largi au milieu, retröci par derriere, rugueux, 
d’un couleur ferrugineuse, son dos parseme de poils fins dores. Ab- 
domen subsessile velout&, noir; premier segment tres petit, le deuxieme 
porte sur son dos pres de la base une grande tache ronde et vers le 
bord posterieur quatres taches rondes, r&unies en une seule bande, 
les deux taches du milieu sont plus grandes que celles des cötes, une 
tache continue sur les segments restants; toutes ces taches sont formees 
de. poils fins, courts et couche&es d’un couleur doree. En dessous du 
deuxieme et troisieme segments des poils dores. Pattes noires garnies 
de poils blanchätres. 
Angola (Welwitsch).“ 
Da Radoszkowski nichts über einen Kiel auf dem Kopfe sagt, 
muß es unentschieden bleiben, ob diese Art in die Verwandtschaft der 
merope Smith oder der rogenhoferi Kohl gehört. 
basihirtus! Cameron in Sjoestedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru-Exped. 
Vol. 2, 8:7., p. 225. 
Da mir der Typus dieser Form leider nicht vorgelegen hat, bin 
ich nicht in der Lage, sie richtig beurteilen zu können. 
„Entirely black; the head covered with depressed silvery pubes- 
cence, and more sparsely with long black hairs; the thorax covered with 
4. Heft 
