202 MUTiLi.in.K. 



bo more tlian ;i variety, .^incii, iudoitoiuU'iit of Ur' colour of the pu- 

 bosceuco of the hoad boiiifj ditt'eroiit, its tlionix is narrower und luoro 

 olonsate. 



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36. Mutilla scabrosa. 



Female. Length 4-5] linos. — Black ; the head and thorax with 

 coarse conthient pnnctures ; the llap:ellum beneath and the man- 

 dibles at their base obscurely ferruginous ; the entire insect with 

 thinly scattered erect pale pubescence ; the legs rufo-piceous, the 

 tarsi ferruginous. The sides of the tliorax parallel anteriorly, 

 thence abruptly narrowed to the truncation of the mctathorax ; the 

 truncation opaque and not visibly punctured. The first and second 

 segments of the abdomen with strong elongate punctures that are 

 more or less confluent and running into stria; ; in the middle of the 

 margm of the basal segment a little bright pubescence, the second 

 segment fringed with the same. 



Uah. Swan River. 



37. Mutilla pallidicornis. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black ; the head and thorax closely and 

 strongly punctured, the latter most deeply and coarsely so, the 

 punctures becoming coufluent and running into irregular strias ; the 

 apical margins of the first and second segments of the abdomen 

 with a narrow white pubescent fascia ; the fourth and following 

 segments with pale yellowish-white pubescence. The antenna3 pale 

 ferruginous, and the mandibles ferniginous towards their base. The 

 thorax narrowed beyond the middle to the truncation of the mcta- 

 thorax ; the tarsi ferruginous, as well as the coxae, trochanters, and 

 base of the femora beneath. The entire insect, beneath, with thin 

 white scattered pubescence. 



Hah. New South Wales. 



38. Mutilla hospes. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Black ; the head rounded behind, 

 strongly punctured, the punctures more or less confluent. Thorax 

 anteriorly rounded, narrowed behind the middle ; covered above 

 with coarse punctures that run into strisc ; the intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae with three or four spines exteriorly, the calcaria 

 white. Abdomen finely rugose ; a transverse silvery-white pubes- 

 cent macula at the apical margin of the first and second segments, 

 and a central line of the same on the three following segments ; 

 above, with scattered erect black pubescence, at the sides and be- 

 neath with white. 



Hab. Western Australia, Champion Bay. 



