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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  dark, 
  nor 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  so 
  light, 
  in 
  tint. 
  It 
  also 
  resembles 
  M. 
  regia 
  Sm., 
  

   but 
  that 
  is 
  much 
  larger; 
  its 
  abdomen 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  decided 
  

   bluish 
  tint; 
  its 
  mesonotum 
  has 
  in 
  front 
  a 
  large 
  mark 
  of 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   slope. 
  M. 
  poonaensis 
  may 
  easily 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  its 
  thorax 
  

   being 
  longer 
  and 
  distinctly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  of 
  M. 
  consociata 
  being 
  of 
  uniform 
  width. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  vertex 
  slightly 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  and 
  

   with 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  short, 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  oral 
  region 
  with 
  

   some 
  long 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  black. 
  

   Antennae 
  stout, 
  rufous, 
  blackish 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  punctures 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  one- 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Thorax 
  short, 
  of 
  uniform 
  

   width 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segments 
  with 
  

   a 
  sharply 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  reticulated, 
  and 
  bearing 
  long, 
  

   fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  reticulations 
  are 
  weaker 
  and 
  smaller 
  on 
  

   the 
  bottom. 
  Pleurae 
  shining, 
  not 
  excavated 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  depressed, 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  

   rufo-testaceous, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  knees 
  infuscated. 
  Abdomen 
  hardly 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  an 
  elongated 
  mark 
  

   of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  

   a 
  transverse 
  one 
  at 
  its 
  apex, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  segments 
  ; 
  the 
  anal 
  segment 
  finely 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white, 
  silvery 
  

   hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  INDECORA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  (PI. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  I.) 
  

   Long. 
  4 
  mm. 
  

   Hab. 
  Ceylon, 
  Trincomali 
  ( 
  Ycrbury). 
  

  

  