544 Col. C. T. Bingham on South African 



35. Dasylabris ate, form n. 



Rhodesia : Mashonaland, Salisbury, May 1905 {G. 

 Marshall). 



5 . Black, the legs red ; the head, thorax and abdomen closely 

 punctured and covered with erect white hairs which are most pro- 

 minent on the legs ; the abdomen with transverse pubescent white 

 bands on the apical margins of the 1st and 2nd segments, the latter 

 band dilated in the middle, the 5th segment with a thick apical 

 fringe of white hairs. Head broader than the thorax in front, 

 longer than broad, occiput and cheeks behind the eyes rounded ; 

 mandibles acute at apex, antennae short, 2nd joint of flagellum much 

 longer than the 1st and slightly longer than the 3rd, eyes oval 

 convex, placed on the sides of the head, equidistant above and below 

 from the lateral angle of the head and from the base of the man- 

 dibles. Thorax oval, broadest in the middle, sides convex, not 

 excavate, 2:)unctured as above. Abdomen as long as the head and 

 thorax united ; basal segments petiolate and nodose at apex, ventral 

 carina twice indented, 2nd segment very long and massive, pygidial 

 area small and hidden by the fringe of white hairs at the apex of 

 the 5th segment. 



Length ^ 6 mm. 



Described from a single example. 



This is the smallest form of the genus known to me. 



36. Dasylabris inflata, Andre. 



Mutilla (Dasylahris) inflata, Andre, Zeits. Hym. Dipt., i, 

 1901, p. 313. 



Rhodesia : Gazaland and Upper Buzi River 3500 ft. $ 



[G. Marshall). 



37. Stenomutilla capicola, Peringuey. 



Mutilla cajncola, Per., Ann. S.A. Mus., i, 1898, p. 47 ? ^. _ 

 Mutilla (Stenomutilla) capicola, Andre, Zeits. Hym. Dipt., i, 

 1901, p. 320$ t 



Rhodesia : Mount Kapsaku 2400 ft. $ {S. A. Ncavc) ; 

 Salisbury 5000 ft. $ (G. Marshall). 



