Aculeate Hymenoptera in Oxford Museum. 531 
Nata: Durban f 2 in cop. (@. #. Leigh). RHODESIA: 
Mashonaland, Salisbury $ @ in cop. Nov. 19, 1905 
(G. Marshall) ; Loangwa District, Petauké 1700-2400 ft. 
a (S. A. Neave). Type in B.M. from the Congo, also other 
specimens from Natal and from Beira in Portuguese Kast 
Africa, 
@. Head and abdomen black, thorax red. Head, thorax and 
abdomen covered with short erect black hairs, sparse on the head 
and abdomen, somewhat more thickly set on the thorax. Head 
slightly broader than the thorax anteriorly, closely punctured ; 
mandibles acute with a preapical short, blunt tooth on their inner 
edges; antennae opaque, the scape closely set with short pale 
pubescence ; antennal tubercles red; 2nd joint of the flagellum 
inerassate towards the apex, twice as long as the 38rd, 3rd and 4th 
subequal ; eyes oval, placed equidistant from the base of the man- 
dibles and the occiput. Thorax rectangular, slightly convex above, 
rounded anteriorly, the pronotal lateral angles not prominent, sides 
slightly emarginate, posterior face vertical. Seen from above the 
thorax is not broader anteriorly than posteriorly ; legs black covered 
with whitish hairs, the single row of spines on the intermediate 
and posterior tibiae and the calcaria white. Abdomen finely 
punctured, the punctures shallow ; 1st segment immaculate, longi- 
tudinally carinate below, the carina terminating posteriorly in a 
vertical tooth ; 2nd segment with two pubescent white spots side by 
side above ; 3rd and 4th segments with pubescent white bands above, 
both bands broadly interrupted in the middle ; apex of 5th segment 
above and apices of 2nd to 5th ventral segments fringed with long 
white hairs, those fringing the 5th dorsal segment falling over and 
completely shading a well-defined, flat and longitudinally striate 
pygidial area. 
Length 2 8-13 mm. 
Nove.—The ¢ taken in cop. at Salisbury, Nov. 19, 1905, by 
Mr. Marshall, had been placed at the head of the series by Col. 
Bingham, and has been considered as the type of the above description 
of this sex.—E. B. P. 
7. MUTILLA PREDATRIX, Smith. 
Mutilla predatriz,Sm., Descr. New sp. Hym. B.M., 1879, 
p. 191 2. 
Nata ¢ (Coll. W. W. Saunders). RaopEsia: Mashona- 
land, Salisbury 5000 ft. 2, Umtali 3700 ft. 2 (@. Marshall). 
Type in the B.M. from Natal, also other specimens from 
Delagoa Bay and Zululand. 
