532 Col, C. T. Bingham on South African 



8. MUTILLA DECIPIENS, Smith. 



Mutilla decipiens, Sm., Descr. New sp, Hym. B.M., 1879 

 p. 194 $. 



Natal ? (Coll. W. W. Saunders). Type in B.M., also 

 other specimens from Natal. 



9. Mutilla speculatrix, Smith. 



Mutilla speculatrix, Sm., Descr. New sp. Hym. B.M., 1879, 

 p. 194 $ ; Per., Ann. S.A. Mus., i, pt. 1, 1898, p. 88 $. 



Natal $ {Coll. W. W. Saunders). Type in B.M., also 

 other specimens from Natal. A single ^ in B.M. from 

 S. Nigeria {D. A. MacAlister). 



10. Mutilla sinuosiceps, Andre. 



Mutilla sinuosiceps, Andre, Zeits. Hym. Dipt., ii, 1902, 

 p. 27 $. 



Rhodesia : Mashonaland, Salisbury 5000 ft. ^ {G. Mar- 

 shall). 



11. Mutilla argenteiventris, Andre. 



Mutilla argenteiventris, Andre, Zeits. Hym. Dipt., ii, 1902, 

 p. 25 $. 



Rhodesia : Mashonaland, Salisbury 5000 ft. ^ {G. Mar- 

 shall). 



12. Mutilla peringueyi, Andre. 



Mutilla p6ringueyi, Andre, Zeits. Hym. Dipt., ii, pt. 1, 

 1902, p. 25 $. 



Estcourt: Natal 4000 ft. ^ ? in cop. Jan. 1897 

 {G. Marshall). 



9 . Black, the mandibles anteriorly in the middle, the antennal 

 tubercles, the apex of the scape of the antennae and the thorax 

 above and on the sides red ; head, thorax and abdomen covered with 

 erect black hairs, the abdomen with close-set recumbent short black 

 pubescence, and apical white pubescent bands on the basal three 

 segments, the bands on the 2nd and 3rd segments medially widely 

 interrupted. Head not wider than the thorax in front, transversely 

 rectangular convex in front, very slightly arched posteriorly, finely 

 and closely punctured ; mandibles acutely pointed with a small 



