Aculeate Hymenoptera in Oxford Museum. 531 



Natal : Durban ,J $ in cop. (6^. F. Leigh). Rhodesia : 

 Mashonaland, Salisbury <^ $ in cop. Nov. 19, 1905 

 {G. Marshall) ; Loangwa District, Petauke 1700-2400 ft. 

 ^ (>S^. A. Neave). Type in B.M. from the Congo, also other 

 specimens from Natal and from Beira in Portuguese East 

 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 

 incrassate towards the apex, twice as long as the 3rd, 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 $ 8-13 mm. 



Note. — The 9 taken in cop. at Salisbury, Nov. 19, 1905, by 

 Mr. Marshall, had been placed at the head of the serie.? 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 predatrix, Sm., Descr. New sp. Hym. B.M., 1879, 

 -. . p. 191 ?. 



'■ Natal $(CoZ^. W. W. Saunders). Rhodesia: Mashona- 

 land, Salisbury 5000 ft. $, Umtali 3700 ft. $ {G. Marshall). 

 Type in the B.M. from Natal, also other specimens from 

 ■ D«lagoa Bay -and Zululandi -. .- ■ . - : 



