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tudinally, the grooves with oblong punctures. The abdomen with 

 erect white pubescence, very thinly scattered above, more dense at 

 the sides beneath and at the apex above. 



Hab. Natal. 



5. Mutilla comparata. 



Female. Length 5-5\ lines. — Black ; thorax dark red ; abdomen 

 with two yellowish-white spots on the first segment, the third 

 covered with similar pubescence, but slightly interrupted in the 

 middle. The head wider than the thorax, and coarsely rugose. 

 The thorax nearly as wide anteriorly as long, more coarsely rugose 

 than the head, being sculptured with deep oblong punctures, nar- 

 rowed towards the metathorax, somewhat abruptly so a little 

 beyond the middle ; the legs with thin erect white pubescence. 

 The second segment of the abdomen with a narrow smooth space 

 at its base, which has deep rounded punctures beyond, covered 

 with deep elongate punctures, which are more or less confluent, 

 thinly sprinkled with erect black hairs, those on the white spots 

 are white and erect. 



Hab. Natal. 



This species resembles the M. bilunata of Gerstaecker ; but the 

 thorax is of a different form, the spots on the first abdominal seg- 

 ment occupy its sides, and there are no spots on the apical margin 

 of the second segment. 



6. Mutilla praedatrix. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Head, legs, and abdomen black, thorax 

 ferruginous ; a pubescent macula on the first segment, another in 

 the middle of the second, and the third segment with a broad fascia 

 of bright yellowish-white pubescence. The head about the same 

 width as the thorax, rugose, and, in some examples, very indi- 

 stinctly ferruginous on the vertex. Thorax oblong-quadrate, the 

 sides parallel ; the truncation of the metathorax, as well as thorax 

 above, rugose-punctate, the punctures oblong and running into 

 irregular strise. The second segment of the abdomen punctured in 

 a similar manner to the thorax, but less coarsely so. 



Hab. Natal. 



7. Mutilla inconspicua. 



Female. Length 3 lines. — Head, legs, and abdomen black, the 

 former rather wider than the thorax, which is red above; the 

 abdomen with two white fasciae. Head rugose, having long con- 

 fluent punctures ; the mandibles ferruginous at their tips. Thorax 

 oblong, narrowed behind and covered with irregular rows of coarse 





