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cence ; wings hyaline from the base to the apex of the second sub- 

 marginal cell, beyond they are fuscous, the anterior pair with three 

 submarginal cells. Abdomen subpetiolate, with thinly scattered 

 long white pubescence ; the basal segment strongly punctured, its 

 apical margin narrowly ferruginous ; the apical segment black. 



Hah. Para. 



This species has a great resemblance to M. rujiventris ; but it 

 differs from that species in not having the eyes notched, and the 

 neuration of the wings is different, the second submarginal is shorter, 

 and the third is much narrowed towards the third discoidal cell. 



95. Mutilla midas. 



Male. Length 5J lines. — Black ; head and thorax strongly pimc- 

 tured, the metathorax coarsely so ; the abdomen clothed with gold- 

 coloured pubescence; the head, pro- and metathorax, as well as 

 the legs, with white pubescence, that at the base of the metathorax 

 dense ; the wings subhyaline from the base to the apex of the en- 

 closed cells, beyond the latter they are dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 subpetiolate, strongly punctured, the apical margin only with 

 golden pubescence ; the apical segment with black pubescence. 



Hah. Para. 



96. Mutilla mandibularis. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, the mandibles ferruginous. Head 

 large, closely punctured, subquadrate, and having a short thin 

 cinereous pubescence. Thorax shining above, more strongly punc- 

 tured than the head, the metathorax rugose ; the latter, the sides, 

 and also beneath with thin cinereous pubescence ; wings fusco- 

 hyaline, and with three submarginal cells. Abdomen shining and 

 punctured ; the basal segment small and campanulate ; the apical 

 margins of the segments with a few pale fuscous hairs. 



Hah. Ega. 



97. Mutilla hsBmarioides. 



Male. Length '^^ lines. — Black, punctured, and with black and 

 white pubescence. Head and thorax with black pubescence, mixed 

 on the vertex, pro thorax, and scutellum with a little white ; the 

 tibiae and tarsi have a thin white pubescence ; the metathorax with 

 large shallow punctures ; wings hyaline from the base to the apex 

 of the second submarginal cell, beyond which they are dark fus- 

 cous ; the nervures black ; the anterior wings with three submar- 

 ginal cells. Abdomen subpetiolate ; the apical margin of the first 

 segment with white pubescence, a large patch of the same on each 



