Manchester Memoirs, Vol. xlii. (1898), No. 3, 



IL Description of two new species of Mutilla from 

 South Africa. 



By Peter Cameron. 

 {Communicated by J . Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S.] 



Received October 12th. Read November 30th ^ 1^97' 



The two species of Mutilla here described agree 

 closely in coloration, having the thorax red, the head and 

 abdomen black, the latter having two white marks; but 

 they differ completely in the form of the thorax. 



Mutilla carsoni, sp. nov. 



Nigra, longe hirta, thorace rufo; abdominis segmenti 

 secundi maculis duabus albis. Long. 20 mm. 



Hab. Island in Lake Tanganyika {^Carson). 



Head black ; coarsely rugosely punctured, covered 

 with long black hairs above ; the sides below the eyes 

 with silvery pubescence, the oral region with long blackish 

 hair ; the palpi blackish. The scape of the antennae curved 

 towards the apex, sparsely covered with longish black 

 hairs ; the flagellum covered with a microscopic pubescence ; 

 the basal joints thick, the others distinctly tapering towards 

 the apex. The head is largely developed behind the 

 eyes, being developed there almost twice their length. 

 Thorax three times the length of the head ; a little con- 

 tracted in the middle, gradually narrowed towards the 

 apex ; before the depression is a stout, shining, rounded 

 tooth, and behind it are two others of about the same size. 

 The upper part of the mesopleurse smooth, shining, 

 glabrous ; the lower part coarsely punctured ; this part 

 being separated above by a distinct raised margin, 



February 4th, i8g8. 



