﻿36 
  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  o)i 
  

  

  segment 
  bluntly 
  serrate. 
  Abdomen 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   segment 
  black. 
  Pygidium 
  apparently 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  : 
  femora 
  

   and 
  coxae 
  piceous 
  ; 
  tibiai 
  and 
  tarsi 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  

   spines 
  (6 
  in 
  a 
  row) 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  long 
  and 
  pale 
  fulvous. 
  

   Length, 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  — 
  MUTILLA 
  BlIUDDA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Black, 
  the 
  thorax 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  an 
  oval 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  second 
  segment 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  pale 
  golden- 
  

   fulvous. 
  Head 
  narrower 
  than 
  thorax, 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  almost 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  oval, 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  

   impunctate 
  ; 
  vertex 
  not 
  much 
  raised 
  above 
  the 
  eyes, 
  roundly 
  

   conve.K 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   the 
  head 
  sparsely 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  piceous 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Scape 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down, 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  joint 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth, 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  united. 
  Thorax 
  coarsely 
  longitudinally 
  

   reticulated, 
  the 
  pleurae 
  entirely 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  becoming 
  

   gradually 
  but 
  not 
  much 
  narrowed 
  from 
  extreme 
  base 
  to 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  edges 
  rough, 
  but 
  without 
  any 
  distinct 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  

   apex 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  obliquely 
  sloped. 
  Abdomen 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  

   dilated, 
  longitudinally 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  ; 
  

   the 
  others 
  with 
  their 
  apices 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pygidium 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  finely 
  

   transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  ventral 
  segments 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  : 
  the 
  femora 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  longish 
  blackish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  tibia; 
  and 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  

   with 
  pale 
  fulvo-golden 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  and 
  the 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  

   underside 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  tibial 
  spines 
  stout 
  

   black. 
  

  

  Length, 
  1 
  1 
  mm. 
  

  

  