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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnvptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  angled 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  

   third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  completely 
  obliterated. 
  

  

  The 
  ocelli 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  usual 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  unarmed 
  beneath. 
  On 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  the 
  two 
  

   parapsidal 
  furrows 
  are 
  complete 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  dorsal 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  rufous 
  and 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  In 
  appearance 
  this 
  species 
  resembles 
  the 
  American 
  

   genus 
  PJwtopsis. 
  It 
  is 
  apparently 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  M. 
  

   pcdiinculnta 
  from 
  Arabia 
  and 
  Eg3-pt. 
  

  

  A. 
  Oescriptioiis 
  of 
  species 
  kiio>vii 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  a 
  group 
  the 
  species 
  

   of 
  which, 
  being 
  so 
  similarly 
  coloured, 
  are 
  ver}' 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   identify 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  not 
  have 
  ventured 
  to 
  describe 
  it 
  if 
  

   I 
  had 
  not 
  got 
  both 
  sexes. 
  

  

  ^MUTILLA 
  ACIDALIA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  2. 
  Black, 
  thorax 
  above 
  ferruginous. 
  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  

   as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  behind 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  developed 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  these 
  latter; 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  sparse, 
  white 
  pubescence. 
  Antenna; 
  

   stout, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  down; 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  reddish 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Thorax 
  above, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  

   abrupt 
  slope, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hairs. 
  Abdomen 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  wdth 
  long 
  fuscous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  rather 
  strongl}- 
  longitudinally 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  two 
  oval, 
  on 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  two 
  square 
  marks 
  of 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  others 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  at 
  their 
  apices 
  ; 
  and 
  marked 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   wath 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  stout, 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   calcaria 
  pale. 
  

  

  