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Div. III. Head and thorax ferruginous. (Sp. 45-49.) 



45. Mutilla albolineata. 



Female. Length 3-3^ lines. — Head and the thorax above ferru- 

 ginoiis ; the latter beneath, the legs, and abdomen black. The head 

 with golden-coloured pubescence ; the antennse and mandibles fer- 

 ruginous, strongly punctured. Thorax oblong-quadrate, slightly 

 wider anteriorly ; roiTghly punctured, covered with golden-coloured 

 pubescence, and thinly sprinkled with erect pale fulvous hairs ; tho 

 legs ferruginous, with the apex of the femora, tibia?, and of the 

 joints of the tarsi more or less fuscous. Abdomen thinly sprinkled 

 with erect black hairs ; a line of white pubescence extending from 

 the base to the apex. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



46. Mutilla bipartita. 



Female. Length 2|-3| lines. — The head, thorax, legs, base of the 

 abdomen, and a longitudinal line that widens to the apical margin 

 of the second segment, and then narrows to a point before the api- 

 cal segment, red. The antennse fuscous towards the apex ; the head 

 with shallow punctures ; the mandibles black at their apex ; the 

 vertex of the head with erect black pubescence, that on the hinder 

 margin of the vertex and on the cheeks white. The thorax some- 

 what heart-shaped, transverse in front, slightly widened at the 

 sides, then narrowed to the apex of the metathorax ; closely punc- 

 tured, and sprinkled with erect black pubescence. The sides of the 

 abdomen above black and with black pubescence ; that on the 

 basal segment and on the central line white. 



Var. p. The anterior legs and all the femora dark fuscous : 

 2| lines long. 



Var. y. The thorax more elongate, and the femora and anterior 

 tibise fuscous : the same size as var. j3. 



Hah. Champion Bay. 



47. Mutilla nitida. 



Female. Length 3 lines. — Ferruginous and shining ; the flagellum 

 thickened in the middle and black ; the head not very closely 

 p\inctured. The thorax more strongly punctured than the head, 

 the metathorax most strongly so ; the apex of the tibiae and of tho 

 joints of the tarsi fuscous. The abdomen finely but not closely 

 punctured ; the second segment with a central longitudinal, fuscous, 

 narrow macula ; at the base of the abdomen there is a little erect 



