5 MR. smith's catalogue of hymenopteeous insects 



pubescence. Abdomen black, the base ferruginous; covered with 

 short black pubescence j three ovate spots at the base of the second 

 segment, a narrow fascia on its apical margin, and a broad one on 

 that of the following segment, of silvery-white pubescence ; beneath, 

 shining and punctured, the margins of the segments rufo-piceous and 

 fringed with glittering pale hairs. 

 Hub. Borneo (Sarawak). 



11. MuTiLLA Sibylla. M. capita abdomineque nigris ; thoracerubro; 

 abdominis segmenti secundi basi maculis duabus ovatis, fasciaque seg- 

 menti tertii albo-pubescentibus. 



Female. Length 4-6 lines. Black ; the thorax red ; a tubercle at the 

 insertion of each antenna, and the middle of the mandibles, ferru- 

 ginous ; the vertex with scattered long erect reddish brown hairs ; on 

 the clypeus, mouth and cheeks are some long glittering silvery- white 

 hairs ; the palpi elongate. Thorax : oblong-quadrate, the anterior 

 margin slightly rounded ; the legs with scattered glittering white 

 hairs; the legs black, with the tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous; the 

 calcaria pale testaceous. Abdomen : two small ovate spots at the 

 base of the second segment, and a broad fascia on the apical margin of 

 the third, of dense, short, silvery-white pubescence; beneath, the 

 segments shining, and the second with scattered large deep punctures ; 

 the apex of the abdomen with long white pubescence. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



12. MuTiLLA Cassiope. M. capite abdomineque nigris ; thorace 

 pedibusque rubris ; tibiis tarsisque fuscis ; abdominis basi truncata. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Head and abdomen black, the former closely 

 and strongly punctured ; the mandibles, palpi and antennae beneath, 

 ferruginous ; the scape rufo-piceous. Thorax ferruginous ; the 

 anterior margin transverse ; slightly and evenly narrowed to the apex 

 of the metathorax ; the lateral margins crenulated ; the disc coarsely 

 rugose ; the coxa3 and femora ferruginous ; the tibiaj and tarsi fuscous. 

 Abdomen : the base abruptly truncate ; covered with elongate punc- 

 tures ; the apical margin of the third segment with a fascia of snow- 

 white pubescence ; sprinkled over with long silvery-white hairs. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



13. MuTiLLA Dardanus. M. capite abdomineque nigris ; thorace 

 pedeque antico rubris; alis fuscis; abdominis segmentis primo, secundo 

 tertioque pube alba fasciatis. 



Male. Length 6 lines. Head and abdomen black ; the thorax red ; 

 the eyes emarginate ; the antennae incrassate at the base, tapering to 

 the apex ; a deep longitudinal furrow runs from the insertion of the 

 antennae to the posterior margin of the vertex, on each side of which 

 is a similar furrow which terminates before the insertion of the an- 

 tennae ; the ocelli distinct on the vertex. Thorax : the anterior legs 



