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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptcra 
  Oricntnlia. 
  

  

  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleura 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleura; 
  coarsely 
  

   reticulated. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  above 
  are 
  some- 
  

   what 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctations 
  becoming 
  

   weaker 
  towards 
  their 
  apices 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  segments 
  at 
  their 
  

   apices 
  are 
  fringed 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs. 
  The 
  apical 
  dorsal 
  

   segment 
  terminates 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  in 
  a 
  triangular 
  depression, 
  

   with 
  raised 
  stout 
  lateral 
  keels, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  keel 
  not 
  

   half 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  ones. 
  The 
  second 
  ventral 
  

   segment 
  is 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  : 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   depressed, 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  keel 
  between 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  

   on 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  the 
  longest. 
  

   Tegulae 
  large, 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  

   strongly 
  fusco-violaceous, 
  more 
  lighth^ 
  coloured 
  at 
  the 
  

   base; 
  the 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  sharpl}- 
  oblique, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  curved; 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  ner^'ure 
  oblique, 
  

   the 
  second 
  almost 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  sharply 
  angled 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  shortly 
  

   before, 
  the 
  second 
  at 
  a 
  slightly 
  greater 
  distance 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  

  

  ■^ 
  MUTILLA 
  PROVIUA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  pro- 
  uicw-ihorace 
  mcsonotoque 
  rujis 
  ; 
  iilis 
  fere 
  

   ftciiiatis. 
  J. 
  Long, 
  fere 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Bombay 
  Presidency 
  {Wrotighton). 
  

  

  Comes 
  very 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  dileda 
  ; 
  but 
  is 
  easil}- 
  known 
  

   from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  scutellum 
  and 
  metathorax. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  : 
  entirel}- 
  black, 
  

   except 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles, 
  which 
  are 
  rufous 
  ; 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  long 
  soft 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  rounded 
  

   behind, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  

   fuscous; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  before 
  the 
  teeth 
  rufous. 
  Antennae 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  some 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   with 
  a 
  fuscous 
  down. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  mesothorax 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  ferruginous, 
  

  

  