Genera of the ScoliiJffi. 485 



10. S. vertiealis, Fabr. — Type in Banksian collection. I have been 



unable to find specimens of this male in recent Australian 

 collections. 



11. *?. quadripustidata, Fabr. — Type in Banksian collection. A 



common Oriental species. 



12. /S'. qiiadripunctata, Fabr. — A well-known species. 



13. S. sexdncta, Fabr. — The specimen in the Banksian collection, 



not the type, is the male of Plesia quinqueciticta, Fabr. 

 (Tiphia q.). Whether it is identical with the type I 

 cannot say. 



Familj Mutillidae. 



Subfamily Mtrmosin^. 



Typhoctes gnatemalensis, sp. n. 



? . Head siibquadrale, a little broader than long, broader 

 thin the pronotuin, punctured closely, the punctures tending 

 to become confluent longitudinally, very thinly clothed with 

 black pubescence ; eyes extending rather nearer to the base 

 of the mandibles than to the posterior margin of the head, 

 elongate ovate; ocelli absent. Antennae filiform, nearly as 

 long as the thorax, the second joint of the flagellum half 

 as long again as the first and a little longer than the third, 

 the apical joints slender but short. Pronotuni a little 

 narrower than the head, as broad as the metanotum, from 

 which it is separated by a deep transversa suture ; longi- 

 tudinally striated and sparsely clothed with long greyish 

 pubescence. Pleuig3 finel}' horizontally striate. Metanotum 

 longer than the pronotum, longer than broad, obliquely sloped 

 posteriorly, not truncate, longitudinally striated in the middle 

 and at the base, obscurely punctured at the sides and apex. 

 Abdomen shining, very finely and closely punctured, very 

 sparsely clothed with long cinereous pubescence on the sides 

 and apex, a transverse band of short whitish pubescence at the 

 apex of each segment ; first segment triangular, attached to 

 the thorax by a short petiole, the second segment large, twice 

 as long as the third, with a strong constriction between the 

 first and second segments. Intermediate tibise with two 

 apical spines. 



Black ; the two basal joints o£ the tlagellum testaceous ; 

 the metathorax (except a large black spot at the base), the 

 first abdominal segment (except a triangular black spot at 

 the apex), the base of the posterior tibise, and the inter- 

 mediate and posterior trochanters and coxae ferruginous ; 

 calcaria white. 



Length 7 mm. 



