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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  pcdunculata 
  the 
  epipygium 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  smooth, 
  longitu- 
  

   dinally 
  carinate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  in 
  M. 
  apicipennis 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  

   smooth 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  rest 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  

   and 
  without 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  keel 
  (cf., 
  Gribodo, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  

   Civ. 
  Genova, 
  xx., 
  p. 
  390). 
  M. 
  pedunculate/, 
  is 
  known 
  from 
  

   Arabia 
  and 
  Berbera. 
  It, 
  with 
  M. 
  chlorotica 
  Grib., 
  and 
  

   perhaps 
  M. 
  asiatica 
  Rad., 
  forms 
  the 
  genus 
  or 
  subgenus 
  

   TricJiolabiodes 
  Rad. 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  described 
  M. 
  apicipennis, 
  I 
  relied 
  (not 
  having 
  

   Klug's 
  work 
  to 
  consult) 
  on 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  M. 
  pedun- 
  

   culata 
  given 
  by 
  Sichel 
  and 
  Radoszkowski 
  in 
  their 
  Mono- 
  

   graph 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  Mutillidce. 
  Their 
  M.pedunculata 
  

   is 
  assuredly 
  not 
  M. 
  apicipennis, 
  but 
  is 
  perhaps 
  M. 
  chlorotica 
  

   Grib. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  the 
  petiole 
  serrate 
  beneath, 
  nor 
  is 
  any 
  

   mention 
  made 
  of 
  there 
  being 
  two 
  furrows 
  on 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum. 
  M. 
  cJdorotica 
  (also 
  from 
  Arabia) 
  differs 
  from 
  M. 
  

   apicipennis 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  abdomen 
  without 
  any 
  black, 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  without 
  teeth, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   obliquely 
  punctured. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  therefore 
  clear 
  that 
  

   M. 
  peduncidata 
  Klug 
  must 
  be 
  deleted 
  from 
  the 
  lists 
  of 
  

   Oriental 
  Mutillidce 
  > 
  unless 
  the 
  example 
  from 
  " 
  Western 
  

   India" 
  recorded 
  by 
  Bingham, 
  be 
  the 
  true 
  M. 
  peduncidata, 
  

   in 
  which 
  case 
  his 
  description 
  does 
  not 
  fit 
  it. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  TOSTHUMA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

   Long. 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Had. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

   I 
  n 
  the 
  table 
  (Manchester 
  Memoirs^ 
  o\. 
  5 
  ( 
  1 
  892), 
  p. 
  123-4) 
  

   this 
  species 
  comes 
  in 
  at 
  "15. 
  Head 
  red, 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part." 
  

   16. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  one 
  spot 
  and 
  one 
  band. 
  

   \6a. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  with 
  golden 
  hair; 
  antennse 
  

   entirely 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  area 
  black, 
  not 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  striated. 
  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  M. 
  poonaensis 
  Cam. 
  

   16//. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  without 
  golden 
  hair; 
  antennas 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  pallid 
  testaceous, 
  fuscous 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  testaceous, 
  distinctly 
  longitudinally 
  

   striated. 
  Length 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  J/ 
  posthuma. 
  

  

  