Hymenoptcra Orientalis. 133 



MUTILLA SERRATULA, Sp. 1WV. 



Black ; the thorax red ; the scape and legs pale rufo- 

 testaceous ; the apex of second abdominal segment with a 

 pale fulvous band (dilated in the middle). Head as wide as 

 the thorax, coarsely punctured ; the antennae tubercles 

 impunctate. Pale testaceous, as well as the cypleus ; 

 mandibles reddish, the apices piceous black ; eyes large, 

 oval, reaching close to the top of the head. The third 

 joint of antennae about one-half longer than the fourth. 

 The sides of the thorax coarsely irregularly serrate, con- 

 tracted in the middle ; closely and coarsely longitudinally 

 punctured ; the apex of median segment above A -shaped ; 

 coarsely serrated ; the acute apex terminating in a spine. 

 The sides of the median segment serrate ; the pleurae 

 impunctate. First abdominal segment not dilated ; the 

 apical pale, testaceous, impunctate ; the apical ventral 

 segments fringed with pale fulvous hairs. Tibiae and tarsi 

 sparingly covered with testaceous hairs ; the apices of 

 femora fuscous. 

 Length, 5 mm. 



MUTILLA INSULARIS, sp. 110V. 



The antennae and head black ; thorax ferruginous ; 

 abdomen black, with two large oval united fasciae on the 

 second segment ; the third segment and the apex of the 

 fourth, golden-fulvous ; legs black, the femora for the greater 

 part ferruginous. Head coarsely rugosely punctured ; the 

 hairs fulvous. Eyes large, oblong ; reaching quite close to 

 the top of the head, which is slightly convex — Antennal 

 tubercles red, shining, finely striated. Antennae inclining to 

 piceous beneath towards the base ; the third joint twice the 

 length of the fourth ; the second and third joints subequal. 

 Thorax bluntly rounded at base and apex, twice the length 

 of head, more strongly punctured than the head ; the 



