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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  ^/-MUTILLA 
  VEDA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   treme 
  base 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  a 
  mark, 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  on 
  the 
  

   base, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  band 
  (dilated 
  in 
  the 
  centre) 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  pale 
  fulvo-golden 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  the 
  

   basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  reddish 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joints 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   femora 
  broadly 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  M. 
  serratiila, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  differing 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  head 
  red, 
  and 
  

   in 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  

   in 
  the 
  pygidium 
  being 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  thorax 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  laterally 
  being 
  not 
  so 
  

   rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  base 
  project 
  into 
  a 
  broad 
  

   tooth, 
  roundly 
  incised 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   are 
  not 
  contracted, 
  nor 
  continuously 
  serrate, 
  but 
  broadly 
  

   waved 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  rounded, 
  not 
  

   brought 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  serrate, 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   pleurae 
  are 
  distinctly 
  punctured. 
  Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  

   hair. 
  The 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  fourth. 
  Eyes 
  moderate, 
  oblong 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  rufo-piceous. 
  

  

  Length, 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  — 
  -IMUTILLA 
  rULCIIRICEr.S, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   and 
  legs 
  rufo-testaceous 
  : 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  two 
  large 
  round 
  

   maculae 
  on 
  the 
  second, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  

   golden-fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  apparently 
  black, 
  but 
  hid 
  by 
  a 
  

   thick 
  covering 
  of 
  fulvous 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  convex 
  above, 
  not 
  much 
  developed 
  above 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Antennal 
  tubercles 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  

   eyes 
  large, 
  oblong. 
  Second 
  antennal 
  joint 
  shoiter 
  than 
  the 
  

   fourth, 
  the 
  third 
  about 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

  

  