38 HYMENOPTERA. 



silvery-white pubescence ; the calcaria white. Abdomen black, 

 the extreme base and apex ferruginous; the second segment 

 having at the base a central ovate spot of golden pubescence, its 

 apical margin fringed with silvery hairs, also a small spot of the 

 same colour in the middle of the following segments ; beneath, 

 the margins of the segments fringed with silvery hairs. 



Hab. Northern India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



192. MUTILLA REGIA. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Head, antennae, thorax and legs 

 ferruginous ; the mesothorax having at its anterior margin a 

 transverse quadrate spot of bright silvery pubescence. Abdomen 

 bright purple, the base and apex having a slight tinge of green ; 

 the second segment has a narrow oblong spot at its base, in the 

 middle, and a larger ovate one at its apical margin, of bright 

 silvery-white pubescence. 



Hab. Northern India. 



193. MUTILLA UNIFASCIATA. B.M. 



Male. Length 7 lines.— Black, the head small, narrower than 

 the thorax, eyes emarginate ; the head, prothorax, metathorax 

 and legs thinly clothed with cinereous pubescence; wings fuscous, 

 subhyaline at their extreme base. Abdomen : the two basal seg- 

 ments red ; the third densely clothed with very short silvery- 

 white pubescence, the apical segments fringed with black. 



Hab. Northern India. 



194. MuTiLLA Chinensis. B.M. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Head and abdomen black, thorax 

 pale ferruginous ; the scape, basal joint of the flagellum, palpi 

 and mandibles pale ferruginous, the latter black at their tips ; 

 thorax oblong, the sides nearly parallel, longitudinally rugose ; 

 the legs pale ferruginous, thinly clothed with ftilvous pubescence. 

 Abdomen : the apical margin of the basal segment has a thin 

 fringe, the second segment a central spot, and also a fascia on its 

 apical margin, and the third segment has also a broad fascia, of 

 bright gold- coloured pubescence ; beneath, the margins of the 

 segments fringed with bright golden hairs. 



Hab. North China. 



195. MUTILLA DESPONSA. 



Male. Length 5 hues. — Head and abdomen black, thorax 

 ferruginous; eyes ovate, the head and scape of the antenna 



