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  Cameron, 
  Hyiuciwptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  MaNDERSI, 
  Sp. 
  IWV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  tJwracc 
  rnfo 
  ; 
  ahdoniinc 
  fulvo-scxiuaculaio 
  ; 
  bnsi 
  

   feuwrinn 
  late 
  rufo. 
  2. 
  Lon^^ 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Shan 
  States 
  {Mandcrs). 
  

   Comes 
  ver}- 
  close 
  to 
  M 
  . 
  funaria, 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  

   its 
  longer 
  and, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  head, 
  somewhat 
  

   narrower 
  thorax, 
  which 
  is 
  further 
  entirel}- 
  rufous, 
  besides 
  

   being 
  less 
  strongl}' 
  punctured 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  legs 
  being 
  

   broadly 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  It 
  comes 
  near 
  also 
  to 
  M. 
  sex- 
  

   maculata, 
  but 
  that 
  has 
  the 
  thorax 
  more 
  thickened 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  with 
  its 
  sides 
  entirely 
  black, 
  while 
  the 
  marks 
  on 
  

   the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  elongated 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   segment. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  black, 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  and 
  golden 
  hairs; 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  it 
  is 
  rounded, 
  and 
  is 
  there 
  somewhat 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  e3'es 
  : 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  covered 
  sparsely 
  with 
  long 
  

   silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  an 
  obscure 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  joint 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Palpi 
  black. 
  

   Thorax 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   almost 
  straight 
  ; 
  hardly 
  dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  above 
  

   closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  

   fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  semi-abrupt 
  slope, 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  pleura 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  beneath 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  silvery 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  obscurely 
  punc- 
  

   tured. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  three 
  segments 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united; 
  the 
  top 
  covered 
  thickly 
  with 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  ^•entral 
  surface 
  more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  

   longer 
  silvery 
  hairs; 
  velvety; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  gradually 
  

   dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   segment 
  are 
  oval, 
  large 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  the}- 
  are 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  broader 
  than 
  long; 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  the}' 
  are 
  not 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  none 
  on 
  the 
  fifth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  is 
  densely 
  covered 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  long 
  fuh'o- 
  

  

  