2^4 Mr. E. Saunders' Syno2)sis of British 



or the MelliferaB. In such cases I believe the structure 

 of the hairs will prove an unfailing test, the plumose or 

 branched hairs being a character of the Melliferse only. 



FOSSOEES. 



Division I. — Prothorax considerably iiroduced posteriori}', its hinder 

 angles reaching to the tegular of the wings; J some- 

 times apterous. 



Division II. — Prothorax often consisting of little more than a narrow 

 collar, its posterior angles lobately jDroduced, but in no 

 case extending to the tegulaj; J never apterous 



Division I. 



(4) 1. Eyes sometimes small, sometimes larger and reni- 



form, not touching the base of the mandibles. 



(3) 2. Eyes not reniform ; J apterous .. .. .. MutiUidcc. 



(2) 3. Eyes reniform ; J winged .. .. .. .. Sopijgida. 



(I) 4. Eyes large, touching the base of the mandibles. 



(()) 5. Intermediate tibia3 with one long spur ; inter- 

 mediate coxfe remote . . . . . . . . Scoliidcc. 



(5) C. Intermediate tibiae with two long spurs; inter- 



mediate coxre contiguous . . . . . . . . Pomjnlidcc. 



MUTILLID^. 



(2) I. Intermediate coxaB distant; J without ocelli .. Mutilla. 

 (I) 2. Intermediate coxa; contiguous; J witli ocelli. 



(4) 3. ^ with four submarginal cells; J rugose .. .. Myrmosa. 



(3) 4. (J with three submarginal cells; J smooth and 



shining- . . . . . . . . . . . . Methoca. 



MuTiLLA, Liim. (PI. VII. fig. 9). 



Syst. Nat. ed. x. vol. i. p. 582. 



This genus, with its strongly punctured and pubescent 

 species, is not likel}'- to be confounded with any but 

 the genus immediately following, viz., Myrmosa, the ? of 

 which, in general appearance, greatly resembles the $ of 

 Mutilla ; the presence of ocelli in the Myrmosa ? will, 

 however, immediately distinguish them. In both our 

 British species the abdomen is banded with pale 

 golden or silvery hairs ; the head is small and round, 

 the eyes not reaching the base of the mandibles. 

 Wings of the c? with three submarginal cells, the mar- 

 ginal cell short and somewhat semicircular ; tegulae very 

 large ; tibiae of the ? denticulate ; <? winged ; ? apterous. 



