﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  29 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  pale 
  to 
  silvery. 
  E}'cs 
  

   oval, 
  convex 
  ; 
  vertex 
  convex, 
  raised 
  above 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  eyes. 
  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   glistening, 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  thick, 
  tapering 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  brownish 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  united. 
  Thorax 
  elongate 
  quadrate, 
  

   with 
  the 
  punctures 
  larger 
  and 
  deeper 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  

   mesopleurai 
  almost 
  opaque, 
  aciculate 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  

   separation, 
  between 
  the 
  meso 
  — 
  meta 
  — 
  and 
  median, 
  segment 
  

   is 
  obliterated 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  

   becomes 
  a 
  little 
  dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  with 
  two 
  obtuse 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  being 
  also 
  

   dilated, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  central 
  region 
  is 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  

   and 
  apical. 
  On 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  at 
  the 
  

   side, 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  shining, 
  oblique 
  tooth. 
  Abdomen 
  deep 
  

   black, 
  at 
  base 
  subsessile 
  ; 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united 
  ; 
  above 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   line 
  of 
  dark, 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  finely 
  rugose, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  brownish 
  

   hairs. 
  Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  

   pale 
  yellowish-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  tibi?e 
  with 
  stout 
  spines. 
  

   Length, 
  12mm. 
  

  

  -- 
  MUTILLA 
  TAPROBAN.-E, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Black, 
  the 
  thorax 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  an 
  ovate 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  a 
  square 
  one 
  at 
  its 
  apex, 
  and 
  

   the 
  third 
  segment 
  silvery-white. 
  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  convex 
  above, 
  but 
  not 
  much 
  developed 
  

   above 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  smooth 
  shining. 
  Scape 
  of 
  

   antennfe 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  more 
  

   than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  united. 
  Thorax 
  punctured 
  like 
  the 
  head, 
  

   quadrate 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  long 
  and 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  very 
  slightly 
  

  

  