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that the band on the second tergite is not distinctly widened toward 

 the middle; that on the third tergite less broadly interrupted medially. 

 Head and thorax coarsely, irregularly punctato-striate. Clypeus with 

 a superior, elevated, triangular portion, the apex of which is between 

 the antennae, and the base of which is formed by a transverse, elevated 

 ridge which as seen from below is terminated by a médian tooth 

 and on each side three smaller teeth. Below this the clypeus is strongly 

 declivous. Sides of the thorax parallel, short; its posterior surface 

 abruptly truncate. Second sternite with three carinae, acute poteriorly. 

 No margined pygidial area. 



Habitat : Tanganyika Territory, one female, Kigoma (R. Mayné). 



Holotype : Congo Muséum Tervueren. 



Mutilla salisburiana André. 



We hâve before us two maie spécimens from the Belgian Congo, 

 one taken at Malela, December, 1913 (L. Burgeon), the other at 

 Albertville, December, 1918 (R. Mayné), which undoubtedly belong 

 in Mutilla proper and are evidently allied to M. coerulea Bischoff. 

 Among the described species they agrée best with M. salisburiana 

 André. Pronotum, mesonotum, and tegulae are mahagony red; the 

 remainder of the animal is black, with a deep blue reflection on the 

 abdomen and, much more weakly so, on the vertex and propodeum. 

 The first tergite bears a continuous, broad fringe of white hairs; 

 the second and third similar apical bands, broadly interrupted in the 

 middle where they continue as narrow fringes. The second sternite 

 has a broad and short, smooth, triangular, weakly raised basai area, 

 delimited behind by low, obliquely converging ridges which are more 

 pronounced in one of the spécimens. Unfcrtunately we do not know 

 whether André's salisburiana possesses this structural peculiarity, 

 but it is not mentioned in the original description and in Bischoff's 

 monograph. 



Mutilla pythia var. radovae (Saussure). 

 Kenya Colony : Taveta, June 25, 1913 (Dr. Bayer). 



