254 MR. R. E. TURNER ON THE [Feb. 15, 



Fam. Mutillid/e. 

 Ephutomorpha condonensis, sp. n. 



§ . Head much narrower than the thorax, longer than broad, 

 not much produced behind the eyes, rounded at the posterior- 

 angles, rather coarsely reticulate. Eyes situated near the middle 

 of the lateral margin of the head, strongly convex and shining. 

 The second joint of the flagellum nearly twice as long as the third. 

 Thorax very coarsely reticulate; the anterior margin straight and 

 produced into tubercles at the angles, more than half as wide 

 again as the posterior margin, which is also produced into tubercles 

 at the angles and obliquely truncate posteriorly ; a large lateral 

 tubercle on each side close to the middle of the thorax, behind 

 which the thorax is sharply narrowed, a small rounded tubercle 

 on each side rather nearer to the posterior angle than to the large 

 lateral tubercle. First abdominal segment short, with a short 

 petiole, punctured ; second segment very coarsely reticulate, much 

 broader than the first or third segments, convex, feebly depressed 

 and much more finely reticulate on the middle ; pygidial area 

 slightly convex, very finely longitudinally striated. Ventral 

 segments rather sparsely punctured. Intermediate and posterior 

 tibia? with a row of four spines on the outer margin. 



Fusco-ferruginous ; the head almost black ; the vertex covered 

 with long whitish pubescence ; a spot at the apex of the first 

 dorsal abdominal, one in the middle of the second segment, and 

 a very small one on each of the following segments covered with 

 whitish pubescence ; the apical margins of the ventral segments 

 fringed with pale fulvous pubescence. 



Length 12 mm. 



c? . Head punctured, a longitudinal carina on the front reaching 

 the anterior ocellus, much narrower than the thorax, strongly 

 rounded behind the eyes. Mandibles with a tooth on the inner 

 margin before the apex ; scape finely punctured and pubescent ; 

 all the joints of the flagellum except the first longer than broad, 

 the third about half as long again as the second. Eyes strongly 

 convex ; posterior ocelli quite as far from each other as from the 

 eyes. Thorax deeply punctured, the mesonotum reticulate in the 

 middle ; anterior margin of the pronotum almost straight, the 

 angles slightly produced anteriorly ; scutellum strongly convex 

 and subtuberculate ; median segment very coarsely reticulate, 

 more than twice as broad as long, the posterior angles tuberculate, 

 very steeply sloped posteriorly. First abdominal segment small 

 with a short petiole ; the second very large, coarsely punctured, 

 the punctures more or less confluent longitudinally, somewhat 

 flattened in the middle, with a low longitudinal median carina 

 which does not reach the base or apex, the remaining segments 

 very much narrower and finely punctured. Second ventral 

 segment swollen and subtubercula/te at the base. Three cubital 

 cells and two recurrent nervures, the first received just before 



