530 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



Mutilla (Dasylabris) arenaria, Fab. 



$. 3 from Bone, 2 found at a Chermes (?) in com- 

 pany with ants, 7. ix. 96. A. E. E. 



$. Variety with propodeum red. Evidently a tran- 

 sitional form between afaarmand var. maura. 



2 Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 22. vi. 97. A. E. E. 



3 Biskra, 30. v. 98 and 2. vi. 98. F. D. M. 

 ? 1. Bone, 9. ix. 96. A.E.E. 



1 Hussein Dey, 4. iv. 93. A. E. E. 



1 Pointe Pescade, near Algiers, 10. v. 93. A. E. E. 



Ditto, var. Maura. 



$ 3. Biskra, 23. iii. 94., 4. vi. 94., 28. iv. 95. 



A. E. E. 

 $ 3. Biskra, 9 and 11. v. 98. F. D. M. 



Mutilla (Dasylabris) italica, Fab. = regalis, Fab. 



£ 1. Pointe Pescade, near Algiers, 10. v. 93. A. E. E. 

 1. Le Tarf, on Umbelliferx, 27. vi. 96. A.E.E. 

 ? 3. Biskra, 31. v. 93., 5. vi. 94., 21. iv. 95- That 



captured on the last date " crepitated loudly 



when chased." A. E. E. 

 $ 3. Biskra, 11. 12. 19. v. 98. F. D. M. 



Ditto, var. rubrosignata, Rad. 



<J 1. Biskra, visiting larval Hemiptera on Thymelsea 



microphylla, 28. iv. 95. A. E. E. 

 «?1. Biskra, 28. v. 98. F. D. M. 



Mutilla (Dasylabris) olivieri, Sich. Rad. 



$ 8. Biskra, 3 on Ammi visnaga, 5 on Zizyphus 



lotus in April and May, 93, 95, 97. A. E. E. 

 $ 13. Biskra, 16. 27. v. 98. F. D. M. The bica- 

 rinated 2nd ventral segment is a very marked 

 characteristic of this $. 



Mutilla (Stenomutilla) argentata, Vill., = hottentota, 



[Fab. 

 $ 1. Aine Draham Tunisie, 21. vii. 96. A. E. E. 

 2. Alger, iii. and iv. 98. F. D. M. 

 1. Biskra, 2. vi. 98. F. D. M. 

 $ 4. Biskra, on the prowl between 4 and 5 P.M., 



