MUTILLA. 26T 



The tegulee are large, not much developed behind, entirely glabrous, shining, impunc- 

 tate. The median segment almost with a gradually rounded slope to the apex, 

 reticulated, the basal area narrowed at the apex, where there is not a distinct tubercle ; 

 covered with long white hairs ; the base on either side of the area with a thick mass of 

 white pubescence. The propleura? coarsely reticulated, the depressed apex crenulated 

 throughout. The metanotum strongly punctured, covered with long white hair ; the 

 metapleurae reticulated throughout, except two bands, which diverge at the bottom. 

 The legs are covered with long white glistening hair. The radial cellule is wide, 

 narrowed (but not much) towards the apex, and does not extend beyond the third 

 cubital; the basal abscissa of the radius is sharply oblique, and is shorter than the 

 apical, which is curved at the base and almost straight at the top. The first cubital 

 cellule is as long as the radial ; the second at the top is shorter than the space bounded 

 by the first transverse cubital and first recurrent nervures ; the third is longer at the 

 top than at the bottom, and is sharply angled where the nervures are received or 

 emitted. Both the recurrent nervures are received beyond the middle. The transverse 

 median nervure is received distinctly before the basal nervure. 



The female has the head and thorax ferruginous, except the sides from the upper 

 third of the eyes and from below the antenna? in the middle ; the legs ferruginous, the 

 knees broadly black, the metatarsi infuscated ; the antennae black, the scape dull 

 ferruginous. Head coarsely punctured ; the vertex with rather long black hair, the 

 lower orbits of the eyes and the cheeks with whitish pubescence, the oral region with 

 long white hair ; the clypeus blackish, broadly and shallowly incised, the sides termi- 

 nating in blunt, somewhat triangular teeth ; the mandibles broadly ferruginous at the 

 base. The eyes of moderate size ; the head not much narrowed or developed behind 

 them. The antenna? stout ; the scape covered with glistening fulvous and silvery hairs; 

 the third joint not quite double the length of the fourth. The thorax coarsely 

 punctured, above sparsely covered with blackish hair, the sides slightly, but distinctly 

 concave, the pleura? (except at the apex) impunctate ; the median segment at the apex 

 with an abrupt slope, and covered with white pubescence. The legs thickly covered 

 with glistening silvery hair ; the tibial spines black and ferruginous ; the calcaria 

 white. The basal segment of the abdomen black, with a steep oblique slope towards 

 the head ; rather closely covered with whitish hair ; the apex with a thick band of 

 white pubescence. The second and following segments of the abdomen black above, 

 alutaceous, the sides and ventral surface ferruginous; from the base of the second 

 segment run two white lines to beyond the middle, the apex with a broad sinuated 

 white band ; on the sides of the following three segments is a white mark, the whole 

 forming a continuous band. The pygidium is closely punctured, the sides fringed with 

 long blackish hairs. The hair on the back of the abdomen is black; the ventral 

 segments are thickly fringed with silvery hair ; the second segment strongly, the others 

 finely punctured. 



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