﻿Hymenoptcra 
  Oricntalis. 
  ^y 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  SERRATULA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  thorax 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  legs 
  pale 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  band 
  (dilated 
  in 
  the 
  middle). 
  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  

   the 
  thorax, 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  antennse 
  tubercles 
  

   impunctate. 
  Pale 
  testaceous, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  cypleus 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  reddish, 
  the 
  apices 
  piceous 
  black 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  

   oval, 
  reaching 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  The 
  third 
  

   joint 
  of 
  antennse 
  about 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  coarsely 
  irregularly 
  serrate, 
  con- 
  

   tracted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  closely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  longitudinally 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  median 
  segment 
  above 
  A 
  -shaped 
  ; 
  

   coarsely 
  serrated 
  ; 
  the 
  acute 
  apex 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  spine. 
  

   The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  serrate 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  

   impunctate. 
  First 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  not 
  dilated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  pale, 
  testaceous, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  fringed 
  wath 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  Tibise 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   sparingly 
  covered 
  with 
  testaceous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  

   femora 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Length, 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  ---MUTILLA 
  INSULARIS, 
  Sp. 
  710V. 
  

  

  The 
  antennse 
  and 
  head 
  black 
  ; 
  thorax 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  black, 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  oval 
  united 
  fascia? 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth, 
  golden-fulvous 
  ; 
  legs 
  black, 
  the 
  femora 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  ferruginous. 
  Head 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  fulvous. 
  Eyes 
  large, 
  oblong 
  ; 
  reaching 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  

   the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  convex 
  — 
  Antennal 
  

   tubercles 
  red, 
  shining, 
  finely 
  striated. 
  Antennae 
  inclining 
  to 
  

   piceous 
  beneath 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  subequal. 
  

   Thorax 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  head, 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  