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punctures on the second segment large and confluent, the seg- 

 ment with two pale yellow ovate maculae towards the apical margin; 

 a line of white pubescence in the centre of the three following 

 segments ; beneath ferruginous, and with large oblong punctures 

 on the second segment, the apical margin of the three following 

 segments with a series of fine punctures. 



Hab. Victoria. 



51. Mutilla aeruginosa. 



Male. Length 3| lines. — Blue-green, varying in tint ; the thorax 

 usually blue, with the metathorax more or less green. The an- 

 tennas, black with the scape blue or green ; the head closely punc- 

 tured, the eyes ovate. The thorax widest a little before the middle ; 

 strongly punctured above, the metathorax coarsely so ; wings sub- 

 hyaline, the nervures black ; legs blue, and, as well as the head 

 and thorax, thinly sprinkled with white pubescence. Abdomen 

 closely punctured, subpetiolate, and the segments thinly fringed 

 with long white pubescence above and also beneath. 



Hab. Moreton Bay. 



52. Mutilla vivida. 



Male. Length 4| lines. — Head and thorax dark blue ; abdomen 

 black, with the first segment, which is petiolate, as well as the 

 legs, ferruginous. The head closely punctured, the eyes ovate ; 

 the antennas black, thinly sprinkled with erect black hairs above, 

 and with white beneath. The thorax closely punctured, the me- 

 tathorax coarsely so ; wings fuscous, subhyaline towards their 

 base ; the tarsi black, with the basal joint of the posterior pair 

 ferruginous ; the calcaria white ; the coxae and trochanters black. 

 The second, third, and fourth segments of the abdomen fringed with 

 long white pubescence ; the tip also white ; beneath, the second 

 and third segments fringed with white. 



Hab. Champion Bay. 



53. Mutilla splendida. 



Male. Length 4 lines. — Brilliant green, with golden tints in different 

 lights ; the abdomen towards the apex, and also beneath, with bur- 

 nished coppery effulgence. The head, thorax, and abdomen punc- 

 tured, the metathorax most strongly so ; the mandibles, palpi, tibiae, 

 and tarsi pale ferruginous. The entire insect thinly sprinkled with 

 erect pale fulvous pubescence, most densely so on the apical seg- 

 ments of the abdomen. Wings fuscous, becoming subhyaline towards 

 their base. Eyes large and ovate. 



Hah. New Guinea, 



