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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  apex 
  only 
  ; 
  M. 
  atomus 
  has 
  also 
  the 
  head 
  red, 
  and 
  

   the 
  antennae 
  and 
  thorax 
  entirely 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  basal 
  three 
  joints 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  pale 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  white, 
  microscopic 
  pile. 
  Head 
  as 
  

   wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  dark 
  ferruginous, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   pale 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  following 
  two 
  united. 
  Thorax 
  rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  

   not 
  much 
  narrowed 
  behind, 
  the 
  sides 
  straight 
  ; 
  above 
  

   coarsely 
  rugosely 
  reticulated, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   black 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  ferruginous-red, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  pale 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  stout, 
  

   reddish. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  velvety 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  covered 
  rather 
  densely 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  golden 
  

   hair, 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  broadly 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  entirely 
  with 
  golden, 
  depressed 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   the 
  other 
  segments 
  black, 
  and 
  bearing 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  area 
  strongly 
  longitudinally 
  striolated. 
  

  

  The 
  thorax 
  in 
  my 
  only 
  example 
  is 
  somewhat 
  crushed, 
  

   and 
  I 
  cannot 
  satisfactorily 
  describe 
  its 
  sides; 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   pleurae 
  appear, 
  however, 
  to 
  be 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  CEDIPUS 
  Cam. 
  

   Col. 
  Bingham 
  {I.e., 
  p. 
  27) 
  gives 
  Mutilla 
  ccdipus 
  Cam. 
  

   (he 
  calls 
  it 
  contracted) 
  as 
  the 
  <$ 
  of 
  M. 
  rothneyi 
  Cam. 
  

   There 
  is, 
  however, 
  no 
  evidence, 
  except 
  surmise, 
  that 
  

   this 
  is 
  the 
  case; 
  and, 
  like 
  so 
  many 
  other 
  species, 
  it 
  

   had 
  better 
  be 
  kept 
  distinct 
  until 
  direct 
  observation 
  

   shows 
  what 
  its 
  female 
  really 
  is. 
  Col. 
  Bingham 
  states 
  

   further 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  really 
  apterous 
  — 
  that 
  its 
  wings 
  

   have 
  been 
  torn 
  off. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  novel 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  

   there 
  being 
  an 
  apterous 
  male 
  Mutilla, 
  for 
  there 
  is 
  more 
  

  

  