28 HYMENOPTERA. 



base and apex of the abdomen black ; the apical segment longi- 

 tudinally strigose. 



Hob. Swan River. 



154. MUTILLA CORDATA. B.M. 



Female. Length 2^-3 lines. Black, head strongly punctured, 

 antennae and mandibles red, the scape fuscous. Thorax heart- 

 shaped, ferruginous, strongly but not very closely punctured ; 

 the legs ferruginous, the femora sometimes fuscous ; the thorax 

 above having a few scattered long black hairs, those on the legs 

 mixed with silvery ones. Abdomen shining, closely punctured, 

 the apical margin of the basal segment pale testaceous ; an 

 oblong patch of pale glittering pubescence in the centre of the 

 third and two following segments, sometimes extending to the 

 middle of the second segment ; the entire abdomen has a scat- 

 tered black pubescence above ; at the base and beneath it is 

 pale ; the apical segment above obliquely striated on each side. 



Var. The thorax black. 

 Hab. Australia (Adelaide). 



155. MUTILLA MACULATA. B.M. 



Female. Length 2 lines. Black, the head thinly sprinkled 

 with short golden hairs ; the flagellum and mandibles, the tibiae, 

 coxa?, tarsi and abdomen beneath ferruginous ; the thorax above 

 obscurely ferruginous, thinly sprinkled with long erect black 

 hairs. Abdomen : the apical margin of the basal segment and a 

 large elongate-ovate macula on the second segment pale rufo- 

 testaceous, the latter covered with short golden pubescence, 

 towards the apex clothed with long black pubescence. 



Hab. Australia (Adelaide). 



This species appears to be closely allied to the M. aurata of 

 Fabricius, if indeed it be not a variety of that species. 



156. MUTILLA METALLICA. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Head and thorax metallic green, 

 the head closely and strongly punctured; the thorax above 

 covered with large deep punctures ; the pubescence on the 

 cheeks, clypeus and scape cinereous, the antennae dark testa- 

 ceous ; legs of a metallic purple and having a scattered cinereous 

 pubescence. Abdomen metallic purple, coarsely punctured at 

 the base, more finely so towards the apex, having a thin long 

 black pubescence ; the first and second segments have a spot of 

 silvery-white pubescence on their apical margins in the centre ; 



