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  Cameron, 
  Hyuicnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  being 
  excavated, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  and 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metapleurse 
  coarsely 
  reticulated. 
  The 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  

   bearing 
  long 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  hairs, 
  and, 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  pale 
  

   golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  as 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  

   are 
  less 
  strongly, 
  but 
  more 
  closely, 
  punctured, 
  than 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  is 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  

   penultimate. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  keeled 
  down 
  

   the 
  middle. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  black, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Tegular 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  

   straight, 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  roundly 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  

   the 
  apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  The 
  nervures 
  are 
  dark 
  

   fuscous. 
  , 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  DISCRETA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  longc 
  argcntco-pilosa 
  ; 
  alis 
  fusco-violaceis. 
  6. 
  

   Long, 
  fere 
  g 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  that 
  

   between 
  the 
  ocelli 
  and 
  the 
  antennae 
  completely 
  hiding 
  

   the 
  texture 
  ; 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  intermixed 
  wdth 
  long 
  

   grey 
  hair; 
  vertex 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  rounded 
  and 
  narrowed 
  

   a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Antennal 
  

   tubercles 
  acute, 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   piceous. 
  Antennai 
  black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  

   pile 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  long 
  hairs, 
  and 
  apparently 
  more 
  

   deeply 
  excavated 
  beneath 
  than 
  usual. 
  Sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  rounded, 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  pale 
  hairs. 
  Mesonotum 
  bearing 
  large, 
  round, 
  deep 
  

   punctures, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  also 
  with 
  large 
  deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  

   at 
  its 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  wide 
  deep 
  distinct 
  furrow, 
  behind 
  which 
  

   is 
  a 
  longer 
  narrower 
  one. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  

   gradually 
  rounded 
  slope, 
  and 
  is 
  strongly 
  reticulated. 
  

  

  