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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  double 
  its 
  size, 
  and 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  

   the 
  third 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  long, 
  pale 
  golden 
  hair. 
  Ventral 
  

   segments 
  punctured, 
  closely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ERNESTI, 
  Sp. 
  7WV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  M. 
  serratula 
  Cam., 
  except 
  that 
  

   the 
  head 
  is 
  not 
  black, 
  only 
  dark 
  ferruginous. 
  From 
  

   M. 
  veda 
  and 
  M. 
  mdecora, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  darker 
  

   colour 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  by 
  the 
  deeper 
  tint 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdominal 
  marks, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  

   being 
  distinctly 
  longitudinally 
  striolated. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  behind 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  straight, 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  

   shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   antennal 
  tubercles 
  shining, 
  smooth, 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Oral 
  region 
  piceous 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  ferruginous, 
  broadly 
  black 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  scape 
  and 
  basal 
  two 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Thorax 
  

   about 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   width, 
  scarcely 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  above 
  coarsely 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  the 
  sides 
  project 
  into 
  

   a 
  stout, 
  blunt, 
  triangular 
  tooth, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  smaller 
  triangular 
  tooth, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  teeth, 
  the 
  lower 
  indistinct. 
  

   The 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  sharp 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  which 
  is 
  

   for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  serrate, 
  the 
  three 
  

   middle 
  teeth 
  being 
  much 
  the 
  larger. 
  Except 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  metapleurae, 
  which 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   pleura; 
  are 
  shining 
  and 
  impunctate. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  the 
  second 
  with 
  

  

  