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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  on 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  rULCHERINA, 
  SmitJi. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  antennne, 
  mandibles, 
  

   legs 
  and 
  abdomen 
  black 
  : 
  a 
  small, 
  somewhat 
  triangular, 
  spot 
  

   on 
  the 
  basal 
  segment, 
  a 
  broad 
  band, 
  dilated 
  roundly 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   segment 
  entering 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  fourth 
  (the 
  latter 
  two 
  

   interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle), 
  and 
  a 
  fringe 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  

   abdominal 
  segments, 
  golden 
  fulvous. 
  Antennae 
  short, 
  thick 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  about 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth, 
  

   and 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  united. 
  Head 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  very 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  small, 
  

   oval, 
  vertex 
  convex, 
  not 
  much 
  elevated 
  above 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  

   the 
  long 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  blackish 
  ; 
  on 
  front 
  and 
  oral 
  

   region 
  fulvous. 
  Thorax 
  coarsely 
  longitudinally, 
  irregularly 
  

   strialate 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  furrows 
  are 
  not 
  continuous 
  ; 
  mesopleura^ 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate. 
  The 
  sides 
  become 
  gradually 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  narrowed 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  apex 
  ; 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  

   middle 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  tooth 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  blunt 
  tubercle 
  

   a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Abdomen 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united, 
  subessile 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  

   apparently 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  aciculate 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  very 
  coarsel}' 
  transversely 
  punctured. 
  

   Legs 
  (including 
  the 
  tarsi) 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale 
  

   testaceous. 
  

  

  The 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  varies, 
  and 
  

   may 
  become 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  three 
  rounded 
  spots. 
  

  

  M. 
  Aiirifex 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  x-ariet}- 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  description 
  is 
  

   imperfect. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  iNTERRUrTA, 
  var 
  ? 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  thorax 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  two 
  oval 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  

  

  