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  ON 
  A 
  NEW 
  MUTILLID 
  PARASITE 
  OF 
  GLOSSINA 
  MORSITANS. 
  

  

  By 
  Rowland 
  E. 
  Turner. 
  

  

  Mutilla 
  auxiliaris, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  $. 
  Nigra 
  ; 
  thorace 
  brevissimo, 
  fusco-ferrugineo 
  ; 
  tergitis 
  tribus 
  basalibus 
  fascia 
  

   apicali 
  angusta 
  pallide 
  aureo-sericea 
  ; 
  area 
  pygidiali 
  nulla. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Niger 
  ; 
  prothorace, 
  mesonoto, 
  scutelloque 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  tergitis 
  quatuor 
  

   basalibus 
  albido-fimbriatis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fuscis, 
  basi 
  dilutioribus, 
  posticis 
  basi 
  hyalinis, 
  

   venis 
  nigris, 
  calcaribus 
  intermediis 
  posticisque 
  pallidis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  $, 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  <£, 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  $. 
  Mandibles 
  simple 
  ; 
  antennae 
  rather 
  stout 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  nagellum 
  short, 
  

   scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  rather 
  slender, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   penultimate. 
  Head 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  eyes 
  oval, 
  situated 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

  

  O.F.Tissarr 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Mutilla 
  auxiliaris, 
  Turner, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  o.^. 
  

  

  the 
  mandibles 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  whole 
  insect 
  rather 
  sparsely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  long 
  blackish 
  hairs. 
  Thorax 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  punctured-rugose, 
  

   almost 
  as 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  distinctly, 
  but 
  not 
  strongly, 
  convex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  not 
  quite 
  straight, 
  widely 
  and 
  very 
  shallowly 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  slope 
  rather 
  abrupt, 
  no 
  scutellar 
  tubercle, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  slope 
  

   with 
  several 
  minute 
  teeth. 
  Abdomen 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  more 
  or 
  

   or 
  less 
  confluent 
  longitudinally 
  ; 
  first 
  tergite 
  broad, 
  transverse, 
  almost 
  as 
  broad 
  

   as 
  the 
  second, 
  abruptly 
  truncate 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  second 
  tergite 
  as 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   as 
  long, 
  the 
  sides 
  distinctly, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  strongly 
  convex 
  ; 
  no 
  pygidial 
  area. 
  Hind 
  

   tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  spines 
  ; 
  tarsal 
  ungues 
  simple. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Clypeus 
  strongly 
  concave, 
  shallowly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  bordered 
  laterally 
  

   by 
  carinae 
  which 
  converge 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  with 
  several 
  pale 
  

   setae. 
  Mandibles 
  bidentate 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side, 
  tridentate 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  ; 
  labrum 
  trans- 
  

   verse. 
  Head 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  antennal 
  

   tubercles 
  strongly 
  developed, 
  the 
  front 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  longitudinal 
  sulcus 
  which 
  does 
  

  

  