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  Cameron, 
  Hyinenopteya 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

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  MUTILLA 
  PEREGKINA, 
  ,s/. 
  nOV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothucy). 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  species 
  than 
  M. 
  discyda, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  being 
  

   more 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  and 
  having 
  besides 
  two 
  stout 
  

   longitudinal 
  furrows. 
  

  

  Head 
  distinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  

   behind 
  the 
  eyes, 
  almost 
  less 
  than 
  their 
  length 
  ; 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  ferruginous 
  before 
  the 
  teeth 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  dark 
  

   fuscous. 
  Antennae 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  grooved 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  down. 
  Pronotum 
  strongly 
  

   and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  longitudinal 
  furrows 
  wide 
  and 
  continuous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  less 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  

   strongly 
  reticulated. 
  Pleurae 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  metapleura; 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  apex 
  reticulated. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  second 
  less 
  strongly, 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  almost 
  

   impunctate, 
  and 
  rather 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hairs. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  coarsel}' 
  punctured, 
  

   without 
  a 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  others 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  segment 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  without 
  any 
  depression. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  COTESII, 
  ,s/. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Ni^ra 
  ; 
  tlwracc 
  capitequc 
  ari^ciitco-inaciilatis 
  ; 
  pcdibus 
  

   nigris, 
  basi 
  yitfis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {KutJiiicy). 
  

  

  Head 
  large, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  but 
  not 
  much 
  ; 
  

   black 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  somewhat 
  roundish 
  mark 
  of 
  silvery 
  

  

  