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ferruginous. The head rugose. The thorax oblong, narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, rugose, and not so wide as the head ; the tips of the 

 femora more or less fuscous. The margin of the basal segment of 

 the abdomen, an ovate spot in the middle of the second segment, 

 its apical margiu, and the third segment covered with pale gold- 

 coloured pubescence ; beneath dark rufo-piceous, the second segment 

 punctured, and all the segments fringed with pale pubescence. 



Hab. Natal. 



14. Mutilla imitatrix. 



Female. Length 2 lines. — Ferruginous, with a black fascia on the 

 apical margins of the first and second segments. Head strongly 

 and closely punctured, wider than the thorax ; the tips of the man- 

 dibles and apical joints of the antennae black. Thorax oblong- 

 quadrate, and with strong confluent punctures above, truncate 

 posteriorly, the truncation strongly punctured. Abdomen closely 

 punctured ; the third and following segments with pale pubescence. 



Hab. Natal. 



This species has a strong general resemblance to M. ferrugata of 

 North America, but is distinguished from it by its quadrangular 

 thorax. 



15. Mutilla speculatrix. 



Female. Length 3-3| lines. — Black ; the vertex of the head, the 

 tubercles at the base of the antennae, the mandibles in the mid- 

 dle, and the thorax ferruginous. The head rugose, the thorax 

 coarsely so and oblong-quadrate ; the head and thorax above 

 sprinkled with erect fuscous pubescence, beneath, as well as the 

 legs, white. The second segment of the abdomen with two ovate, 

 pale gold-coloured pubescent maculae, and the third and fourth 

 segments covered with similar pubescence, interrupted in the 

 middle. 



Hab. Natal. 



16. Mutilla crudelis. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black, with the head and thorax ferru- 

 ginous above ; the former large, subquadrate, much wider and 

 larger than the thorax, and coarsely rugose ; the flagellum of the 

 antennae and base of the mandibles ferruginous. The thorax quad- 

 rate and deeply longitudinally grooved ; the metathorax truncate, 

 black, and opaque ; the sides concave and shining ; the legs with 

 cinereous pubescence ; the apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. 

 An ovate bright gold-coloured pubescent macula on the first seg- 

 ment of the abdomen, two on the second, a spot on its apical 



