4 
or 
or 
Aculeate Hymenoptera in Oxford Museum. 
38. STENOMUTILLA CLELIA, Péringuey. 
Mutilla clelia, Pér., Ann. 8.A. Mus., 1, 1899, p. 366 2. 
Mutilla (Stenomutilla) clelia, André, Zeits. Hym. Dipt., i, 
1901, p..322 ¢. 
N.E. Roopesia: East Loangwa District, Petauké 2400 
ft.: f Feb. 21,1905; 2 Jan. 27, 1905 (S. A. Neave). 
The ¢ specimen has the wings torn off. The 9, so far 
as I know, has not been previously described. 
@. Black, the mesonotum of the thorax very obscurely dark red. 
Head, thorax and abdomen coarsely densely cribrately punctured and 
covered sparsely with stiff, erect, black hairs, the punctures on the 
2nd abdominal segment are elongate and run into heavy, coarse, 
longitudinal striations, the clypeus, lower part of the face, the scape of 
the antennae and the legs havea more or less dense clothing of silvery 
white hairs mixed with the black ; transverse bands at the apices of 
the 1st and 2nd abdominal segmentsof pale yellowish white pubes- 
cence. Head transverse, broader than long, and not so broad as the 
thorax in front ; mandibles acute at apex, clypeus highly polished 
and shining; antennae stout, 2nd joint of the flagellum somewhat 
longer than the 3rd ; eyes : convex, prominent, placed in the middle of 
the sides of the head equally distant from the base of the mandibles 
and from the posterior lateral angle of the head. Thorax short, of 
the same shape as in the g, transverse anteriorly, the sides parallel 
for a short distance then obliquely inclined towards each other, the 
apex truncate, the pleurae excavate, coarsely cribrate not smooth. 
Abdomen : basal segment petiolate, nodose at apex, the ventral carina 
not prominent, 2nd segment very long and massive, apical segment 
convex above, without a pygidial area. 
Length ? 10 mm. 
39. STENOMUTILLA BEROE, Péringuey. 
Mutilla beroe, Pér., Ann. S.A. Mus., 1, 1898, p. 48 @. 
Stenomutilla beroe, André, Wytsman’s Gen. Ins. Hym., 
Fasc. 11, 1903, p. 68 . 
NaraLt: Lake Umkomaas f# (G. Leigh); RHODESIA: 
Mashonaland, Salisbury 5000 ft. ¢ 2 (G. Marshall) ; 
East Loangwa, Petauké 2400 ft. (S. A. Meave). 
¢é. Black, the thorax red. Head, thorax and abdomen covered with 
erect black hairs, the base of the mandibles, the front of the scape of 
the antennae, the occiput, the median segment posteriorly, the legs 
and transverse bands on the apices of the basal three abdominal 
