﻿Hymenoptera 
  Orientalis. 
  31 
  

  

  tarsi 
  piceoiis 
  ; 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Nearly 
  related 
  to 
  M. 
  

   jiietallica, 
  but 
  wants 
  the 
  metallic 
  gloss 
  on 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  

   head 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   with 
  a 
  white 
  mark, 
  the 
  fascia 
  on 
  its 
  apex 
  being 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  shorter 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  ; 
  the 
  thorax 
  more 
  distinctly 
  narrowed 
  from 
  base 
  

   to 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  the 
  slope 
  more 
  gradual, 
  

   not 
  so 
  sharply 
  oblique. 
  

   Length, 
  nearly 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  WROUGHTONI, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Black, 
  the 
  thorax 
  above 
  rufous, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  oval 
  white 
  marks, 
  Antennae 
  

   ■ 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  about 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Head 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   eyes 
  moderate, 
  oblong, 
  the 
  head 
  well 
  developed 
  behind 
  

   them. 
  Thorax 
  more 
  coarsely 
  rugose 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  

   pleurae 
  apparently 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   above 
  rough, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  dilated 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  oblique, 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  the 
  subsessile 
  pygidum 
  

   apparently 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hairs. 
  The 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  the 
  hair 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  longer 
  

   and 
  whitish. 
  Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Length, 
  8^ 
  mm. 
  

  

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  MUTILLA 
  PULCHRIVENTRIS, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  antenna? 
  red, 
  the 
  latter 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  

   thickly 
  with 
  pale 
  golden 
  pubescence, 
  hiding 
  the 
  ground 
  

   colour 
  ; 
  thorax 
  dull 
  red 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  two 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  

   ^f 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  white 
  ; 
  legs 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  purple. 
  Head 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  

   >eyes 
  large, 
  oval, 
  reaching 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  

   The 
  third 
  antennae 
  joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  

  

  