206 mtttillid^;. 



white pubescence, the segments with a few black hairs on their 

 apical margins. 



Sab. Champion Bay. 



48. Mutilla quadriceps. 



Female. Length 2| lines. — Black, with the sides of the head beneath, 

 and also the sides of the thorax anteriorly, the middle of the thorax 

 longitudinally, the legs, and an ovate spot on each side of the second 

 segment of the abdomen more or less obscurely ferruginous. Head 

 wider than the thorax, subquadrate, with the angles rounded ; 

 evenly punctured, not strongly so ; the anterior margin of the 

 head, the mandibles, and basal portion of the antennae ferruginous. 

 The thorax short, rounded in front, and narrowed posteriori}^ 

 punctured in a similar manner to the head ; the apex of the tibiae 

 black. The apical margin of the basal segment of the abdomen 

 with a fascia of white pubescence, two large subovate spots at the 

 apical margin of the second, and a central spot beyond of white 

 pubescence. 



Hab. Adelaide. 



49. Mutilla scrutata. 



Female. Length 2§ lines. — Head and abdomen ferruginous; the 

 antennae, legs, and abdomen black. Head and thorax of the same 

 width, the former moderately and closely punctured ; the mandibles 

 ferruginous at their base. The thorax covered above with strong 

 confluent punctures ; oblong and narrowed behind. The abdomen 

 shining, covered with fine oblong punctures ; the margin of the 

 basal segment pale, testaceous ; a line of white pubescence from the 

 apical margin of the second segment to the apex of the abdomen ; 

 a thin erect black pubescence above, at the sides and beneath it 

 is also thin and white. 



Hab. Melbourne. 



Div. IV. Body more or less metallic. (Sp. 50-53.) 



50. Mutilla bicolorata. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Head and thorax green, abdomen purple. 

 The mandibles and antennae obscurely ferruginous ; the head 

 behind and the cheeks fringed with white pubescence ; the head 

 closely and strongly punctured. The thorax oblong, widest a little 

 before the middle, narrowed to the metathorax, which is truncate, 

 above with large confluent punctures ; the legs ferruginous, more 

 or less obscurely so above. Abdomen strongly punctured, the 



