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  A 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  MUTILLA 
  PARASITIC 
  ON 
  

   GLOSSINA 
  MORSITANS. 
  

  

  By 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner. 
  

  

  Mutilla 
  glossinae, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  ?. 
  — 
  Nigra 
  ; 
  thorace 
  rufo-ferrugineo 
  ; 
  segmentis 
  dorsalibus 
  primo 
  secundoque 
  apice 
  

   bruneotestaceis, 
  albo-fimbriatis 
  ; 
  tertio 
  etiam 
  albo-fimbriato. 
  

   Long. 
  5-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  $. 
  — 
  Head 
  and 
  abdomen 
  very 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  dorsal 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  punctured-rugose, 
  pleurae 
  closely 
  but 
  more 
  finely 
  punctured. 
  

   Head 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  posterior 
  angles, 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   margin 
  straight 
  ; 
  eyes 
  oval, 
  situated 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  blunt, 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   no 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  acute, 
  without 
  a 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin. 
  

   Thorax 
  robust, 
  scarcely 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  greatest 
  breadth, 
  a 
  little 
  narrower 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  sides 
  rather 
  strongly 
  convex. 
  First 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  short 
  

  

  Mutilla 
  glossinae, 
  8p. 
  n. 
  

  

  and 
  broad, 
  not 
  petiolate 
  ; 
  second 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  very 
  feebly 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  bands 
  of 
  white 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  dorsal 
  segments 
  are 
  narrow, 
  

   not 
  interrupted, 
  and 
  slightly 
  broader 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   band 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  very 
  narrow. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  not 
  very 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  

   shining 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctured. 
  Carina 
  of 
  first 
  ventral 
  segment 
  obliquely 
  truncate 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  coarsely 
  punctured. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  four 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  

  

  N.W. 
  Rhodesia 
  : 
  Mwengwa 
  (#. 
  Dollman). 
  

  

  In 
  colour 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  pubescence 
  this 
  species 
  resembles 
  M. 
  taygete, 
  

   Per., 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  that 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  much 
  greater 
  breadth 
  of 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  and 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment, 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  head. 
  

  

  