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new, but it is a very difficult group to work at without plenty of 

 material, and one of the specimens lias lost its abdomen. 

 Cootanoorina Creek ; one specimen of each species. 



yiVA'NllDM. 

 Gastkruption, sp. 

 This appears to h'i the same species that we find in the vicinity 

 of Sydney. 



Mount Squires ; two specimens. 



rORMICIDJi). 



The ants consist of eight different species, none of which are 

 very remarkable ; chief among them is a metallic-green ant, of 

 which there are thirteen specimens from Victoria Desert ; a large 

 hairy ground-ant, a small Myrmica, a Formica, a number of 

 small ants gummed on a card, and several others. 



MUTILLIDil^. 

 MuTiLLA FOKMICAKIA, Fabr. 



This is one of our largest Mutilla, and has a very wide range 

 over Australia. It was one of the many insects obtained by 

 Banks, and described in Fabricius' "Systematica Entomologica." 

 This specimen looks as though it had been in spirits, as the white 

 pubescence and hairs are apparently discoloured ; it is somewhat 

 larger than those obtained in the vicinity of Sydney. 



Victoria Desert, W.A.; one female. 



Mutilla Eldbri, sp. nov. 



Female. Length,. 2 lines. 



Black, legs ferruginous, ornamented with a patch of yellow 

 hairs upon the abdomen. 



Head very round, finely punctured, and covered with scattered 

 black hairs ; thorax square in front, swelling outwards from the 

 prothorax, narrow at metathorax, covered with large confluent 

 punctures, and clothed with scattered white hairs at base ; legs 

 ferruginous, and very hairy. 



Abdomen, first segment narrow, finely punctured, clothed with 

 scattered white hairs at base ; second segment large, oval, finely 

 but deeply punctured, clothed on sides with scattered black hairs, 

 the centre covered with a dense patch of golden hairs, which 

 occupy the whole length of segment ; third, fourth, and fifth 

 segments fringed with yellow hairs ; sixth segment shiny 

 ferruginous, smooth, and shining. 



Eraser llange, West Australia. 



