L'04 MUriLLID.E. 



Div, II. Thorax- ferrtiginoHS. (Sp. 42-44.) 



42. Mutilla pacificatrix. 



Female. Lciip;th 4 lines. — IIc>ad, logs, and iil)domcn black ; the 

 thorax Icrruginous. The head with palo goldeu-colourod pubes- 

 cence above, that beneath is white. Tliorax oblong-quadratc, 

 coarsely punctured, covered with short decumbent pale golden 

 pubescence, and having also erect jiale fulvous hairs thinly sprinkled 

 above ; the pubescence on the legs white. The abdomen with thin, 

 erect, black pubescence ; the basal segment margined with white 

 pubescence ; there are two ovate pubescent spots in the middle of 

 the second segment, a little white pubescence in the middle of its 

 apical margin, and a similar minute spot in the middle of the a])i- 

 cal margin of the fifth segment ; beneath, the segments are fringed 

 with white pubescence. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



43. Mutilla auropilosa. 



Female. Length 2\ lines. — The head, femora, apical margin of the 

 second abdominal segment, and the following segments entirely 

 black, otherwise ferruginous ; the apical joint of the tlagellum 

 black ; the head, thorax, and two basal segments of the abdomen 

 covered with short gold-coloured pubescence, and thinly sprinkled 

 with erect palo hairs ; the apical margins of the second, third, 

 fourth, and fifth segments black, interrupted in the middle by a 

 line of gold-coloured pubescence ; the apical segment black and 

 longitudinally aciculate. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



44. Mutilla notabilis. 



Fenmle. Length 2>\ lines. — Ferruginous, with the head and anterior 

 margin of the thorax black. The antennae and mandibles ferru- 

 ginous ; the vertex of the head densely covered wdth gold-coloured 

 pubescence. Thorax oblong- ovate, closely and rather finely punc- 

 tured ; the sides wath dense short whitish pubescence. The ab- 

 domen finely rugulose ; the second segment with two small oblong 

 pubescent spots towards the base ; a broad stripe of gold-coloured 

 pubescence on each side from the apical margin of the second seg- 

 ment to the apex ; between the stripes the abdomen is blackish. 



Hah. Tasmania. 



