200 MTTTILLID^I. 



30. Mutilla decora. 



Female. Length 2| lines. — Head black ; thorax, antennae, mandibles, 

 and legs ferruginous ; abdomen dark purple, observable in certain 

 lights, the basal segment ferruginous. The head very closely punc- 

 tured, and a little wider than the thorax. The thorax very closely 

 punctured, narrow, and slightly wider anteriorly ; the tips of the 

 femora fuscous. The second segment of the abdomen with an ovate 

 spot of white pubescence towards its basal margin ; its apical 

 margin, as well as that of the third segment, with a broad fascia of 

 white pubescence. 



Hab. Pulo Penang. 



31. Mutilla strangulata. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Black, with the thorax, legs, and ex- 

 treme base of the abdomen ferruginous. Head rugose, the punc- 

 tures being confluent ; a little wider than the thorax ; the scape, 

 base of the flagellum, and the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax 

 rugose, not coarsely so, oblong, strangulated in the middle at the 

 sides, the margins crenulated ; the apex of the joints of the legs 

 fuscous. An ovate spot of fulvous pubescence on the first segment 

 of the abdomen, and a fascia of the same on the apical margin of 

 the second segment ; beneath, all the segments have a thin fulvous 

 fringe. 



Hab. North China. 



32. Mutilla deserta. 



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

 rangular and ferruginous. The head and thorax of the same width, 

 the former closely punctured ; the mandibles ferruginous in the 

 middle. The thorax of a bright light ferruginous and rather finely 

 rugose ; the lateral margins of the metathorax crenulate ; the coxaB 

 ferruginous. The basal segment of the abdomen with a central 

 ovate spot of white pubescence ; the second segment with a white 

 fascia on its apical margin, and the three following segments each 

 with a minute white spot in the middle of their apical margins ; 

 the apex white. 



Hab. Celebes. 



33. Mutilla basalis. 



Female. Length 3^ lines. — Head and abdomen black ; the scape, 

 thorax, legs, and basal segment of the abdomen ferruginous. The 

 head finely rugose, rather wider than the thorax ; the latter oblong, 

 rugose, the margins finely crenulated, and sprinkled with erect 

 pale hairs; the tarsi fuscous. Abdomen with an ovate -spot of 



