548 Col. C. T. Bingham on South African 



42. Odontomutilla rhua, form n, 



Rhodesia: Mashonaland, Salisbury $: Nov. 1903 

 {G. Marshall). 



^ . Head, thorax, basal and apical segments of the abdomen black, 

 abdominal segments 2-6 ferruginous red ; wings very dark fuscous 

 with a purj^le effulgence. Head, thorax basal and apical two 

 abdominal segments covered with erect black hairs, the legs and 

 sparse irregular apical fringes, dorsally and ventrally to the 2nd, 

 3rd, 4th and 5th abdominal segments with snow-white hairs. Head 

 narrower than the thorax in front, transverse, mandibles acute at 

 apex with a blunt preapical tooth on the inner edge; antennae stout, 

 1st and 2nd joints of the flagellum short, the 2nd slightly the longer, 

 3rd and 4th subec[ual both much longer tlian the 2nd, eyes oval 

 deeply emarginate, head behind the eyes moderately developed, the 

 occiput not ti'ansverse posteriorly, bluntly angulated. Thorax short 

 the pronotum truncate anteriorly, the mesonotum slightly convex, 

 the scutellum transversely rectangular, truncate j)osteriorly ; median 

 segment short, obliquely and steeply sloped with lateral posteriorly 

 conical projections or teeth ; fore wings with two cubital cells and 

 one recurrent nervure ; tegulae large oval ; legs moderately stout 

 intermediate and posterior tibiae without distinct spines. Abdomen 

 sessile as long as the head and thorax united, basal segment very 

 short, its ventral carina not much raised, dentate at base. Head 

 and thorax coarsely cribrately punctured ; median segment with 

 broad reticulations; abdomen shining more finely and sparsely 

 punctured. 



Length (5^ 11 mm. Exp. 21 mm. 



This form is unlike any Odontomutilla known to me, 

 and has a coloration that is common in the males of many 

 true Mutillas. 



Described from a single example. 



43. Odontomutilla erinnyis, Peringuey. 

 Mutilla erinnyis, Per., Ann. S.A. Mus., i, 1898, p. 92 $. 



Rhodesia : East Loangvva, Petauke 2400 ft. $ (S. A. 



Neave). 



44. Odontomutilla notata, Lepeletur St. Fargeau. 



Mutilla notata, Lepel,, Hist. Nat. Hym., iii, 1845, p. 600; 

 Andre, Wytsman's Gen. Ins. Hym., Fasc. 11, 1903, p. 27. 



Cape of Good Hope $ {Coll. W. W. Saunders). 



